Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
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Browse man made metamorphic style composite specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Blue-green cabochon, likely chalcedony or treated glass imitation
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony/possibly chrysoprase); identification uncertain from image
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Ruby zoisite (anyolite)
Zoisite with corundum (ruby) and commonly amphibole; Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda–lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Polished serpentine-rich stone (likely serpentine jasper or “rainforest jasper”)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite, with iron oxides and silica-rich rock matrix
Blue glassy tumbled stone, likely blue chalcedony or slag glass
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly man-made blue glass
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Picasso Stone
Metamorphic Limestone (Marble)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
Dyed Blue Agate (Dragon Vein Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial cobalt/organic dyes
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Carved Sea Turtle Figurine (Aventurine / Quartz / Jasper)
Quartz variety (SiO2) / Polycrystalline Quartz Aggregate
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Green glass cabochon or tumbled stone
Indeterminate; likely man-made glass, possibly aventurine glass rather than a natural mineral
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Opalite
Synthetic glass (SiO2 + metal additions)
Picasso Jasper (Picasso Stone)
Metamorphosed Calcium Carbonate (Silicified Limestone)
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
Unakite
Unakite (Altered Granite composed of Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Epidote Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), and Quartz SiO2)
Carborundum
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Obsidian (likely black volcanic glass)
Obsidian; primarily amorphous volcanic silica glass, approximately SiO₂-rich rhyolitic composition
Quartzite pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Ruby in Fuchsite (Composite/Stabilized)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite