Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
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Browse man made metamorphic style composite specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
Ruby zoisite (anyolite)
Zoisite with corundum (ruby) and commonly amphibole; Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Polished serpentine-rich stone (likely serpentine jasper or “rainforest jasper”)
Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite, with iron oxides and silica-rich rock matrix
Faceted red gemstone, likely synthetic ruby or red spinel
Possibly corundum (Al₂O₃, ruby) or spinel (MgAl₂O₄); identity cannot be confirmed from the image
Goldstone beads (likely brown goldstone)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral. Often sold as “aventurine glass.”
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
Carved Sea Turtle Figurine (Aventurine / Quartz / Jasper)
Quartz variety (SiO2) / Polycrystalline Quartz Aggregate
Dragon Blood Jasper
Epidote-bearing Quartz Microcrystalline Aggregate
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
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
Quartzite pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
Picasso Jasper (Picasso Stone)
Metamorphosed Calcium Carbonate (Silicified Limestone)
Green sea glass (likely)
Man-made glass, likely soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral or rock
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
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)
Unakite
Altered granite (Epidotized granite)
Unakite
Unakite (Altered Granite composed of Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Epidote Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), and Quartz SiO2)
Blue chalcedony (likely dyed or treated)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Red faceted gemstone, likely synthetic ruby or red glass imitation
Possibly synthetic corundum (Al₂O₃:Cr³⁺); image alone cannot distinguish it from glass or another imitation
Obsidian (likely black volcanic glass)
Obsidian; primarily amorphous volcanic silica glass, approximately SiO₂-rich rhyolitic composition
Carborundum
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
Unakite
Unakite Epidosite (composite of Epidote, Orthoclase, and Quartz)
Agate and millefiori glass jewelry
Agate: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); millefiori element appears to be man-made 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
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Graphite
Graphite (Native Carbon, C)
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
Ruby in Fuchsite (Composite/Stabilized)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)