Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Category
Browse man made material (constructed) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
Purple glassy pebble, possibly slag glass
Unidentified; likely man-made glass rather than a natural mineral
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Black beaded bracelet, likely black onyx or glass
Possibly chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may instead be man-made glass
Colorless quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Travertine
Terrestrial Sedimentary Form of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Engineerged Quartz (Quartz Composite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) in a polymer resin matrix
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Travertine
Terrestrial Sedimentary Limestone (CaCO3)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
Felsic Drill Core (likely Gneiss or Granite)
Felsic Metamorphic Rock (Gneissic profile)
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)