Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
Browse mineral (man enhanced) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled metallic sulfide specimen, likely chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂), possibly polished or coated
Likely dark rounded stone or mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly a water-worn mafic rock such as basalt
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Chakra Stone Tower (Composite Multi-Mineral)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide composite (SiO2) with various inclusions
Smoky quartz cluster
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), likely smoky variety with minor iron-related color centers
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions)
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Carnelian (red-orange chalcedony)
Chalcedony, cryptocrystalline SiO₂; quartz-group mineral
Polished brown jasper pebble
Jasper, an opaque microcrystalline variety of chalcedony (SiO₂), commonly containing iron oxides and other impurities
Tumbled orange chalcedony (likely carnelian)
Cryptocrystalline quartz, SiO₂; orange variety commonly called carnelian
Dyed Agate / Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Polished purple banded agate geode
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, with purple coloration likely from amethyst/quartz and possible dye enhancement
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Asphalt / Road Aggregate
Bituminous Conglomerate (synthetic)
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
Dyed blue banded agate
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), mainly chalcedony
Red/orange chalcedony (carnelian), possibly dyed or heat-treated
Chalcedony, cryptocrystalline SiO₂ (quartz variety)
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Green Quartz / Chrysoprase / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass / Opalized Glass
Sodalite beads
Sodalite, Na₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)Cl₂, likely with minor lazurite/pyrite or calcite inclusions
Tumbled banded agate (likely chalcedony)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; probable banded chalcedony/agate
Druzy quartz geode slice
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), commonly lining a chalcedony- or quartz-rich geode
Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Corundum (Ruby variety)
Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
Peacock ore (bornite/chalcopyrite), likely treated
Bornite, Cu₅FeS₄, and/or chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂
Pink Banded Agate (Dyed)
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline silica), chemical formula SiO2
Polished blue chalcedony (likely blue quartz/chalcedony cabochon)
Chalcedony, cryptocrystalline SiO₂; possibly dyed or treated common quartz
Carnelian (Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide impurities
Dragon Vein Agate
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline silica, SiO2) variety Agate
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Polished fossiliferous limestone
Bioclastic limestone, chiefly calcite (CaCO₃)
Quartz geode
Silica geode; predominantly microcrystalline and crystalline quartz (SiO₂), possibly with chalcedony
Tumbled amethyst
Quartz, purple variety (SiO₂), colored mainly by iron-related defects and irradiation
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
Tumbled tiger’s-eye (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂, with fibrous amphibole pseudomorphs