Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Category
Browse man made object (simulant) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Boxwork or Septarian Concretion
Septarian nodule / Boxwork weathering
Colorless faceted gemstone, likely glass or quartz
Uncertain; appearance is consistent with faceted quartz (SiO₂), but cut glass or cubic zirconia cannot be excluded from the photograph
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Sandstone (with concrete/human-made layer)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz/Feldspar grains)
Mystic Topaz
Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide (Al2SiO4(F,OH)2) with metallic film coating
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Crystalline Silicon Dioxide simulation)
Diamond-set gold ring
Diamond (carbon, C) in a gold alloy setting; the clear center stone may be a diamond or a diamond simulant
Diamond-set gold ring
Diamond (crystalline carbon, C) set in a gold alloy; the metal and setting are manufactured
Obsidian (Blue)
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Blue Cracked Quartz (Dyed Fire Crackle Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
Pink Quartz / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Clear quartz crystal (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Clear gemstone earring (likely cubic zirconia)
Cubic zirconia (synthetic zirconium dioxide, ZrO₂); identification from the image is uncertain
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
White sea glass (naturally frosted glass fragment)
Man-made silicate glass, typically soda-lime glass; not a mineral or rock
Diamond
C (Native Carbon)
Diamond / Clear Quartz / Glass paste
Carbon (Diamond) / Silicon Dioxide (Quartz)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Moonstone/Opal)
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Faceted clear gemstone, likely quartz or glass imitation
Most likely quartz (SiO₂); exact identification requires refractive-index and hardness tests
Polished dendritic agate or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony with iron/manganese dendrites
Quartz (likely milky quartz or quartz glass-like fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Rock crystal quartz fragments
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
Rounded graywacke or sandstone cobble
Lithified clastic sandstone; likely quartz–feldspar–lithic grain aggregate in a silica or calcite matrix
Fluorite (Polished Point/Tower)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Man-made glass tumbled by nature
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with suspended copper, cobalt, or manganese particles
Cubic Zirconia (or possibly Diamond)
Zirconium dioxide (or Carbon)
Clear quartz tumbled stone
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Concrete with Aggregate
Composite construction material; primary matrix is Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H)
Ferrochrome Slag
Anthropogenic slag (Fe-Cr alloy waste)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (Cupriferous glass)
Jade (likely Nephrite Jade based on appearance)
Nephrite (a variety of actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)