Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Category
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Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon carbide (SiC)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with copper inclusions)
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)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass), chiefly silica-rich rhyolitic composition
Blue Crackle Quartz (Dyed Quarzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (Cupriferous glass)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicate (Man-made)
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Bituminous Conglomerate / Asphalt Concrete
Carborundum
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Gold (Elemental Metal)
Gold (Au)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag
Gemstone bead necklace (likely citrine or yellow quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂; precise identification is uncertain because the beads are blurred and metal settings obscure them
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Green Glass Cullet / Recycled Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various metal oxides
Artificial Rock Face (Faux Rock)
Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Metal Alloy (Jewelry)
Not a naturally occurring rock or mineral; likely a metal alloy for jewelry. Possible compositions include sterling silver (92.5% silver, 7.5% copper), or other silver/gold alloys.
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Lapis lazuli and green-blue chalcedony jewelry
Lapis lazuli: lazurite-bearing metamorphic rock, chiefly lazurite (Na₃Ca(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)S) with calcite and pyrite; second stone: likely chrysoprase or green-blue chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)