Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous)
Category
Browse man made metamorphic style composite specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with copper crystals
Milky quartz (likely rough quartz crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished milky quartz (likely quartz worry stone or wand)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue opalescent glass-like gemstone (possibly imitation opalite)
Likely man-made opalite glass; composition varies, typically silica-based glass
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Blue crystal pendant (likely blue glass or synthetic crystal)
Not identifiable from the image; possibly synthetic quartz or glass, rather than a natural mineral
Silver (Jewelry form)
Native Silver (Ag)
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Quartz pebble (Quartztite fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Small black stone fragment (possibly obsidian)
Unidentified dark rock; obsidian is volcanic glass (composition typically rhyolitic)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass
Mother of Pearl (Nacre) / Shell Fragment
Biogenic Calcium Carbonate (Aragonite and Conchiolin)
Stainless Steel (Polished)
Ferrous Alloy containing Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Carbon (C)
Blue-green chrysocolla rough specimen
Chrysocolla, hydrated copper aluminosilicate; commonly associated with malachite, quartz, and limonite
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond (likely) in an antique gold ring
Diamond, crystalline carbon (C)
Clear quartz sphere
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Goldstone
Man-made glass with copper inclusions
Clear quartz tumbled stone
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Quartz-cemented sand)
Exposed Aggregate Concrete (Pea Gravel)
Concrete with Siliceous Alluvial Gravels
Quartz (likely milky quartz or quartz glass-like fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Turquoise
Hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O)
Decorated turquoise-like bead or mineral pendant
Likely turquoise [CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O], possibly dyed composite or blue-green jasper
Baked-clay ceramic fragment (likely brick or pottery)
Fired clay, primarily aluminosilicate minerals; not a natural rock
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass / Opalized Glass
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Green sea glass or tumbled green quartz (uncertain)
Likely quartz (SiO₂) if natural; alternatively man-made soda-lime glass
Rock crystal quartz fragments
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Green Obsidian Sphere (man-made glass)
Vitreous Silica with Chromium/Iron additives