Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification
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Browse man made material (jewelry, metal alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (in Jewelry Setting)
Carbon (C)
Copper Ore
Native Copper (Cu) often found with Chalcocite (Cu2S) or Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Copper crystals)
Dark green cabochon gemstone ring
Unknown; possibly green onyx (cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or another green gem
Small stud earring with a purple gemstone (possibly amethyst)
Possible amethyst, a purple variety of quartz (SiO₂); identification is uncertain from the image
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Goldstone (likely red/brown aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; copper-bearing silicate glass (not a natural mineral)
Mixed gemstone bead bracelet
Likely rose quartz, amethyst, and possibly rhodonite or lepidolite beads
Milky quartz (rough fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass), chiefly silica-rich rhyolitic composition
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Pallasite Meteorite
Pallasite (Stony-iron meteorite; Fe-Ni alloy with (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 olivine)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Granite (with Beryl/Aquamarine)
Granite (Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, and Beryl Be3Al2Si6O18)
Botryoidal chalcedony (likely agate/jasper variety)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Polished white chalcedony or quartz pendant
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Aura Quartz / Rainbow Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Aquamarine
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2Si6O18)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag
Black onyx or black agate bead bracelet
Microcrystalline quartz, chiefly chalcedony (SiO₂); commonly sold as black onyx, sometimes dyed black agate
Libyan Desert Glass
Libyan Desert Glass (SiO2 with trace elements)
Nickel–iron meteorite (likely weathered iron meteorite)
Fe–Ni alloy, chiefly kamacite and taenite
Magnetic Hematite (Man-made)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) with Barium-Strontium Ferrite
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Bituminous Conglomerate / Asphalt Concrete
Polished obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic SiO₂
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass (SiO2 + additives)
Metallic iron meteorite (probable)
Iron meteorite, typically kamacite–taenite (Fe–Ni alloy)
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
Blue glassy mineral specimen, possibly dyed or synthetic
Uncertain; possible blue fluorite (CaF₂), dyed chalcedony, or man-made glass
Iron Meteorite
Iron-Nickel Meteorite (primarily composed of kamacite and taenite alloys)
Pearl-and-gemstone insect brooch
Pearl: nacre (aragonite, CaCO₃); colored stones are likely synthetic or natural corundum/spinel/glass, not determinable from the image
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Artificial Rock Face (Faux Rock)
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)