Concrete / Conglomerate (Man-made)
Artificial Conglomerate (Cementitious Composite)
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Browse man made material (jewelry, metal alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Concrete / Conglomerate (Man-made)
Artificial Conglomerate (Cementitious Composite)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete
Red faceted gemstone ring
Likely synthetic ruby or red spinel; exact identification requires testing
White pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from image; possible microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Blue Slag Glass
Man-made Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) or Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Goldstone (Red/Brown)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 with Copper inclusions)
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
Chert (Chalky Flint Node)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Blue glassy gemstone cabochon, likely dyed chalcedony or glass
Uncertain; possible dyed chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Concrete fragment or Conglomerate
Artificial Conglomerate (Concrete) or Natural Conglomerate
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Aura Quartz (Anomalously Coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with vaporized metals
Likely tumbled red mineral or glass imitation
Indeterminate; possibilities include red jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or dyed chalcedony
Lava Rock with Fabric Impression
Scoria or Basalt with anthropogenic impressions
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Amber Inlay Jewelry
Fossilized Resin (C10H16O)
Gold
Aurum (Au)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Man-made Polished Porcelain Tile (Artificial Geologic Lookalike)
Fused Silicate Ceramic with Alumina (Synthetic Kaolinite derivative)
Copper Nugget
Native Copper (Cu)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
Sandstone-based Concrete Fragment
Cementitious Composite with Sedimentary Aggregate
Concrete
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate Composite
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
Nickel coin (U.S. currency)
Cupronickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel alloy)
Galena (lead sulfide)
Galena, PbS
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland Cement Composite
Heart-shaped faceted gemstone pendant
Likely yellow quartz (citrine) or synthetic yellow stone, set in metal with small clear accent stones
Faceted transparent gemstone pendant
Likely cubic zirconia (zirconium dioxide, ZrO₂); possibly diamond or synthetic moissanite
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite
Brick fragment (Man-made material)
N/A (Fired clay)
Blue-beaded gemstone jewelry, likely lapis lazuli or dyed blue agate
Uncertain from the image; possible lazurite-bearing lapis lazuli (Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S) or blue chalcedony (SiO₂)
Decorated turquoise-like bead or mineral pendant
Likely turquoise [CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O], possibly dyed composite or blue-green jasper
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix containing aggregates and petroleum-based binder (CnH2n+2)