Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
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Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Clear quartz fragment (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Native copper-bearing rock
Native copper (Cu), likely with copper oxides/carbonates in a host rock
Blue opal heart cabochon
Common opal, hydrated amorphous silica (SiO₂·nH₂O), likely blue-dyed or synthetic opalite
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
Sea Glass (White/Clear)
Amorphous Silica (Alkali-Lime-Silica Glass), SiO2 + Na2O + CaO
Aura Quartz
Titanium/Titanium-Gold treated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Native Copper
Native Copper (Cu)
Blue faceted gemstone ring, likely synthetic sapphire or blue topaz
Uncertain from image; possible corundum (Al₂O₃) or topaz (Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂)
Iron meteorite candidate
Probable iron-rich meteorite; possible stony-iron or weathered nickel–iron alloy
Bismuth
Bismuth (Bi)
Iron Meteorite Fragment
Siderite (Geological term for iron meteorite class - Fe/Ni alloy)
Silicon
Element Si
Green sea glass or tumbled green quartz (uncertain)
Likely quartz (SiO₂) if natural; alternatively man-made soda-lime glass
Tumbled yellow jasper or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-oxide-bearing jasper/chalcedony
Botryoidal chalcedony (likely agate/jasper variety)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Polished silver sheen obsidian heart
Obsidian (volcanic glass), primarily rhyolitic silica-rich glass
Baked-clay ceramic fragment (likely brick or pottery)
Fired clay, primarily aluminosilicate minerals; not a natural rock
Conglomerate
Conglomerate Rock (Paraconglomerate)
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Probable metallic meteorite fragment
Unclassified iron meteorite candidate, chiefly kamacite (α-Fe–Ni alloy)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Sunstone
Andesine-Labradorite Feldspar ((Ca,Na)(Al,Si)4O8)
Blue-beaded gemstone jewelry, likely lapis lazuli or dyed blue agate
Uncertain from the image; possible lazurite-bearing lapis lazuli (Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂S) or blue chalcedony (SiO₂)
Likely blue glass or synthetic gemstone jewelry
Uncertain; possibly synthetic spinel, cubic zirconia, or blue glass
Vesicular basalt (weathered scoria)
Scoriaceous basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and iron-titanium oxides
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Siliceous industrial waste)
Copper Nugget
Native Copper (Cu)
Green Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with metallic vapors (typically Gold, Chromium, or Titanium)
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (SiO2 with inclusions)
Native bismuth
Bismuth (Bi), commonly with a naturally oxidized surface
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)
Likely iron meteorite fragment
Iron–nickel meteorite, commonly kamacite–taenite (Fe–Ni alloy)
Yellow faceted gemstone, likely citrine or yellow sapphire
Uncertain; probable quartz (SiO₂) or corundum (Al₂O₃)
Blue glassy tumbled stone, likely blue chalcedony or slag glass
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly man-made blue glass
Sea Glass (Uranium/Vaseline Glass variant)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with trace Uranium Oxide (U3O8)
Likely iron meteorite fragment
Fe–Ni metallic meteorite, possibly an octahedrite (kamacite–taenite alloy)