Yellow Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
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Yellow Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Diamond (Set in jewelry)
Cubic Carbon (C)
Mixed small pebbles and mineral grains
Unidentified detrital sediment; likely quartz-, feldspar-, and lithic fragments
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Crackle Glass (Simulated Gemstone)
Amorphous Solid (SiO2)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with copper or cobalt/manganese inclusions
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Aventurescent Glass (Cobalt-doped soda-lime glass)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic borosilicate glass with cobalt and metallic inclusions)
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
Porcelain (Stoneware Ceramic)
Mullite / Silica-glass composite (Al6Si2O13)
Glass Nugget (Tumbled Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with additives
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
Flint/chert projectile point
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), archaeologically worked into a bifacial point
Rounded quartz pebble (tentative)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Polished ocean jasper cabochon
Orbicular jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂)
Green cabochon gemstone, likely glass-filled or synthetic emerald imitation
Uncertain; possible synthetic emerald (beryl, Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈) or green glass
Moissanite
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (in Jewelry)
Diamond (Carbon, C)
Greenstone Celt (Polished Stone Axe)
Metamorphosed mafic rock (often Basalt or Diabase)
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Polished carved coral fossil (likely agatized or silicified coral)
Fossilized colonial coral; commonly *Scleractinia* or *Tabulata*, replaced by chalcedony/microcrystalline quartz
Orange Calcite
Calcite (CaCO3)
Nephrite Jade
Nephrite
Fossilized turtle shell or carapace fragment
Indeterminate Testudines; likely a fossil turtle carapace scute/bone
Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Ordinary chondrite (LL5)
Gastly (Trick or Trade Halloween Series)
Cellulose-carbonaceous composite (Lignocellulose laminated with pigmentary polymers)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Rough Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby mixture)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Diamond (Colorless/White)
Carbon (C)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Polished black stone, possibly basalt or black jasper
Basalt (fine-grained mafic rock) or microcrystalline quartz if jasper
Fossil gastropod shell
Fossilized marine gastropod; exact genus/species requires locality and examination
Polished orbicular/porphyritic granite or breccia
Likely potassium-feldspar–quartz granite with amphibole/biotite and epidote; exact variety uncertain from the image
Polished orbicular stone, likely granite or diorite
Granite–diorite, composed mainly of feldspar, quartz, and dark amphibole/biotite
Gold (Elemental Metal)
Gold (Au)
Dark rounded stone, possibly basalt
Likely fine-grained basalt; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Faceted colorless gemstone, likely quartz (rock crystal) or synthetic glass imitation
Quartz: silicon dioxide (SiO₂), trigonal crystal system; exact identity cannot be confirmed visually
Diamond
Carbon (C)