Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
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Browse man made material (jewelry, metal alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass / Opalized Glass
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
Slag
Metallurgical by-product
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
Mystic Topaz (Treated Quartz or Topaz)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] with thin-film metallic coating
Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Goldstone (Brown/Gold)
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with Copper inclusions)
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opalite (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
US Penny
Cuprum (Copper: Cu) and Zincum (Zinc: Zn) Alloy
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aura Quartz
Titanium or Gold bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aura Quartz (specifically Titanium Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti Coating)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Opalite
Man-made opalized glass
Aura Quartz Geodes (Lab-Altered)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Metallic Vapor Deposition
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or relevant simulant formula (e.g., ZrO2 for Cubic Zirconia)
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Gold coated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor deposition
Red gemstone ring, likely garnet or synthetic ruby
Possibly almandine garnet (Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃) or corundum/ruby (Al₂O₃); image alone cannot distinguish
Diamond (as set in a metal alloy ring)
Diamond (Pure Carbon, C)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Opalite
Synthetic Fluorescent Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite (Man-made glass)
Vesicular basalt (probable iron-rich volcanic rock)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and Fe-Ti oxides
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
Aura Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Titanium/Gold coating)