Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Category
Browse man made material (jewelry, metal alloy) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Probable metallic meteorite fragment
Unclassified iron meteorite candidate, chiefly kamacite (α-Fe–Ni alloy)
Tumbled Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Amber cabochon pendant
Amber (fossilized plant resin), chiefly polymerized diterpenoid resin
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Opal)
Synthetic Silica Glass
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3, AlO(OH))
Native copper (probable copper-rich mineral specimen)
Copper, Cu; possibly mixed with cuprite, malachite, and iron-oxide alteration minerals
Red-orange cabochon, likely carnelian or glass imitation
Carnelian: chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), commonly iron-colored
Faceted transparent gemstone pendant
Uncertain from image; likely faceted quartz (SiO₂), cubic zirconia (ZrO₂), or glass imitation
Iron Meteorite
Iron-nickel alloy (e.g., Kamacite, Taenite)
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Pearls (likely freshwater cultured pearls)
Pearl: nacre, primarily aragonite (CaCO₃) with conchiolin
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Sandstone (with concrete/human-made layer)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz/Feldspar grains)
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Opalite Egg
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Bismuth crystal
Bismuth (Bi), artificially crystallized
Iron meteorite (probable, possibly industrial iron slag)
Fe–Ni metallic alloy, commonly kamacite and taenite
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Polished labradorite sphere
Labradorite, calcic plagioclase feldspar ((Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈)
Silver (Native or Alloyed)
Ag (Argentum)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material