Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
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Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Iron Meteorite Fragment
Siderite (Geological term for iron meteorite class - Fe/Ni alloy)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Cullet)
Man-made Silicate Glass with Cobalt Oxide (CoO)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Cupronickel Coin
Copper-Nickel Alloy (typically 75% Cu, 25% Ni)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide impurities
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Man-made glass tumbled by nature
Cupronickel (on a 1981 Mexico 20 Pesos coin)
Copper-Nickel Alloy (Cu75Ni25)
Michigan Float Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Slag Glass (Leland Blue variant)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Boxwork or Septarian Concretion
Septarian nodule / Boxwork weathering
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal inclusions)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Iron Meteorite
Iron-Nickel Alloy (Kamacite and Taenite)
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
Aventurine
Quartz containing inclusions of Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
Crescent Pebble
Weathered Quartzite or Sandstone Fragment
Chert Concretion
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Granite
Felsic intrusive igneous rock
Man-made Synthetic Material (Not a rock or mineral)
Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) / Faux Fur
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
Clear quartz sphere
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Peridot (Olivine)
Olivine ((Mg, Fe)2SiO4)
Carved Stone Turtle
Carved Soapstone and Quartz
Libyan Desert Glass
Impact-melt silica glass (SiO2 + traces of Al, Fe, Ti)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Pallasite Meteorite
Pallasite (Stony-Iron Meteorite)
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Granite
Intrusive Igneous Rock (Granitic)
Celestite (Celestine)
Strontium sulfate (SrSO4)
Silicon
Element Si
Goldstone and Aura Quartz
Cuprous Glass (Goldstone) and Titanium-coated SiO2 (Aura Quartz)
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
Moissanite
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)