Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
not a natural rock
Category
Man Made Rock (Technosol)
Browse man made rock (technosol) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
mineraloid / industrial byproduct
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Mineral (Synthetic / Man-made)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
mineral
Blue Crackle Quartz (Dyed Quarzite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Metamorphic (modified)
Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
mineral
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
mineral
N/A - Man-made object (Jewelry Chain)
Antiqued or Oxidized Metal Chain (often Steel or Brass)
Mineral (processed metal)
Porcelain Tile (Sandstone-look)
Man-made Ceramic (resembling Quartz-rich Sandstone)
sedimentary (imitation)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Synthetic Glass
Pink Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral (synthetic)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Not a rock or mineral)
Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) / Faux Fur
Synthetic / Textile
Brick
Fired clay or Ceramic material (no specific mineralogical scientific name as it's a composite)
Man-made material (constructed)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct)
mineraloid
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Man-made Object (Metal/Alloy)
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
mineral
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
sedimentary
Aventurine
Quartz containing inclusions of Fuchsite (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Mineral byproduct (Anthropogenic)
Man-made Metal Pin (Non-geological)
Antimony-Lead Alloy or Zinc/Brass Base with Electroplating
Metal Alloy / Manufactured Artifact
Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Synthetic (not a rock or mineral)
Libyan Desert Glass
Impact-melt silica glass (SiO2 + traces of Al, Fe, Ti)
mineral (Tektite/Impactite)
Dyed Crackle Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
mineral
Carved Mottled Greenish-Yellow Crystal/Glass Object
Unknown; possibly a form of quartz (chalcedony/jadeite/nephrite) or glass/resin.
Man-made Object/Uncertain Mineral
Cubic Zirconia (Man-made)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) with Enamel and Metal Alloy
mineral
Hematite Beads
Hematite (Fe2O3)
Mineral
Opalite (a synthetic glass, often confused with Opal)
Silicon dioxide glass (SiO2nH2O, for natural opal)
Synthetic (glass)
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
mineral
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
metamorphic (man-made / anthropic)
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2, often with CaCO3 or Fe2O3 cement)
sedimentary
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
mineraloid (man-made)
Diamond Druzy (Crystalline Diamond)
Carbon (C)
mineral
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Pumice
Pumice (Vitreous volcanic rock)
igneous
Coquina
Bioclastic Limestone (composed primarily of CaCO3)
sedimentary
Blue Lace Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with trace inclusions
mineral
Turquoise
Hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum, CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O
mineral
Goldstone (Red/Brown)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 with Copper inclusions)
Mineral (Man-made glass)
Granite
Plutonic Igneous Rock (composed typically of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O, CaO)
igneous
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary concretion
Sedimentary
Rough Sapphire (Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3)
mineral
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)
not a rock