Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
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Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Tumbled Clear Quartz/Rock Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue-green cabochon, likely chalcedony or treated glass imitation
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony/possibly chrysoprase); identification uncertain from image
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Agate and millefiori glass jewelry
Agate: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); millefiori element appears to be man-made glass
Cultured Marble (Synthetic)
Polymer-matrix composite (typically calcium carbonate in polyester resin)
Rainbow Hematite Ring
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) with thin-film coating
Milky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Black beaded bracelet, likely black onyx or glass
Possibly chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); the beads may instead be man-made glass
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Polished white calcite sphere (identification tentative)
Calcite, CaCO₃
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
Cubic Zirconia (Simulated Diamond)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with copper particles
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Titanium-coated Metal Cube (Man-made Fidget Toy)
Titanium-anodized or electroplated alloy (e.g., Ti-coated Zinc or Aluminum)
Colorless quartz crystal (likely quartz fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with copper inclusions)
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)