Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
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Browse man made metamorphic style composite specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Likely clear quartz crystal or glass-like gemstone
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the strongly magenta-lit image
Polished obsidian
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic SiO₂
Blue quartzite or blue aventurine glass-like aggregate
Quartzite, predominantly SiO₂ (identification uncertain from image)
Tumbled black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian; volcanic glass, typically rhyolitic composition (SiO₂-rich)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Unakite
Unakite Epidosite (composite of Epidote, Orthoclase, and Quartz)
River Pebble (Granitic / Quartzite Pebble)
Quartz-Feldspar Aggregate (SiO2 / KAlSi3O8)
Slag Glass (Leland Blue variant)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Ruby ring
Corundum (Al₂O₃), red variety colored mainly by chromium
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Tumbled black obsidian (likely)
Volcanic glass; chiefly silica-rich rhyolitic glass (SiO₂)
Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Rainbow Hematite (Man-made/Treated)
Tumbled Hematite with Titanium/Anodized coating (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Man-made Blank Ammunition (Brass)
CuZn (Cartridge Brass - roughly 70% Copper, 30% Zinc)
Black Star Diopside
Diopside (CaMgSi2O6) with Magnetite inclusions
Pyrope Garnet (Bohemian Garnets)
Pyrope (from the group Mg3Al2(SiO4)3)
Orange Quartzite (River Pebble)
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially quartzite if metamorphic
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron: banded quartz (SiO₂), red jasper, and crocidolite-derived fibrous iron oxides
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
Man-made Crystal (Lead Glass)
Lead oxide-doped Silica Glass (approx. SiO2 + PbO)
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Engineered Quartz Stone
Agglomerated Quartz (SiO2 + Polymer Resin)
Libyan Desert Glass
Impact-melt silica glass (SiO2 + traces of Al, Fe, Ti)
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Opalite
Man-made synthetic glass with opalescent effects (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Likely graphite-rich schist or graphite-bearing metamorphic rock
Graphite (C) in a mica/quartz-rich matrix; exact rock name requires testing
Black gemstone, likely onyx or black spinel
Possible black chalcedony (SiO₂) or spinel (MgAl₂O₄)
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Unakite
Altered Granite (Granitic Metamorphic Rock)
Unakite
Altered Granite (Epidotized Granite)