Ruby in Zoisite
Anyolite (composite of Corundum and Zoisite)
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Ruby in Zoisite
Anyolite (composite of Corundum and Zoisite)
Black Pearl (Tahitian Type)
Aragonite / Conchiolin composite (CaCO3)
Small clear crystal, possibly quartz or glass-like gemstone
Uncertain; likely quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or cubic zirconia
Granodiorite
Granodiorite
Moon (lunar surface depiction)
Lunar rock; chiefly anorthosite, basalt, and breccia (plagioclase-rich CaAl2Si2O8)
Oak-grain Laminate (Industrial/Decorative Furniture Finish)
Melamine Resin-impregnated Decorative Paper on Particleboard (Cellulose/Thermosetting Plastic)
Turquoise cabochon jewelry
Turquoise, hydrated copper aluminum phosphate: CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
N/A - Man-made object (Jewelry Chain)
Antiqued or Oxidized Metal Chain (often Steel or Brass)
Ruby in Fuchsite (Composite/Stabilized)
Corundum (Al2O3) in Chromium-rich Muscovite (K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia simulant)
Carbon (C) - Diamond / Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) - CZ
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Diamond (Carbon, C)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron oxide/Silicate composite
Titanium Aura Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Note: Item is a Synthetic/Man-made Object
Titanium-coated Stainless Steel (Fe-Cr-Ni-Ti)
Carved Stone Turtle
Carved Soapstone and Quartz
Polished turquoise-bearing rock
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O, likely in a brown host rock or matrix
Terracotta (Man-made ceramic brick fragment)
Baked clay / High-iron ceramic (Silicate-based ceramic)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly milky quartz or quartzite
Quartz (SiO₂), potentially quartzite if metamorphic
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Agate (Dyed) or composite stone
SiO2
Quartz-rich gravel fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly with feldspar or carbonate inclusions
Unakite
Altered granite (Epidote, Orthoclase Feldspar, and Quartz)
Unakite
Unakite Epidosite (composite of Epidote, Orthoclase, and Quartz)
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Polished black-and-golden tourmaline
Schorl–dravite tourmaline, commonly represented by black schorl over brown dravite
Larimar
Pectolite
Synthetic Resin (Artificial Specimen)
Polyurethane or Polyester Resin
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Yellow Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Fossilized Shell Fragment / Mother of Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite biomineral
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Unakite
Unakite (Altered Granite composed of Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Epidote Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), and Quartz SiO2)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix / Anthropogenic conglomerate
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Rough Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby mixture)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Crackle Glass (Simulated Gemstone)
Amorphous Solid (SiO2)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Que Sera Stone (Llanite with Feldspar and Quartz)
Rhyolite with blue quartz and pink orthoclase (Llanite-type quartz porphyry)