Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
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Browse mineral (man made composite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Polished tiger iron
Tiger iron; interlayered hematite, jasper, and crocidolite-quartz (often riebeckite)
Green glassy mineral specimen, likely rough emerald or green fluorite
Tentatively beryl (Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈), emerald variety; synthetic/man-made glass cannot be excluded from the photograph
Likely graphite-rich schist or graphite-bearing metamorphic rock
Graphite (C) in a mica/quartz-rich matrix; exact rock name requires testing
Synthetic Resin (Artificial Specimen)
Polyurethane or Polyester Resin
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
Polished black-and-golden tourmaline
Schorl–dravite tourmaline, commonly represented by black schorl over brown dravite
Ruby ring
Corundum (Al₂O₃), red variety colored mainly by chromium
Red cabochon gemstone, likely carnelian or red agate
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂
Yellow Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Luminous Stone (Glow-in-the-dark Synthetic/Man-made Stone)
Strontium Aluminate tinted glass or resin (Crystalline silicate/oxide mix)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Unakite
Unakite (Altered Granite composed of Orthoclase KAlSi3O8, Epidote Ca2(Al, Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH), and Quartz SiO2)
Polished pietersite-like brecciated jasper
Silicified chalcedony/jasper aggregate, primarily SiO₂; exact material uncertain from image
Weathered conglomeratic river cobble
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia, likely matrix-supported
Larimar
Pectolite
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix / Anthropogenic conglomerate
Yellow cabochon gemstone, likely citrine or yellow glass imitation
Quartz (SiO₂), if natural citrine; visual evidence is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or resin
Polished green-and-black banded cabochon (likely malachite imitation or dyed agate)
Uncertain; possible malachite (Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂), banded agate (SiO₂), or man-made glass
Crackle Glass (Simulated Gemstone)
Amorphous Solid (SiO2)
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Fossilized Shell Fragment / Mother of Pearl
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Aragonite/Calcite biomineral
Fossilized turtle shell or carapace
Testudines indeterminate; shell mainly fossilized calcium-carbonate bone (apatite)
Blue turquoise cabochon
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; likely dyed or stabilized, flower-shaped polished piece
Tiger Iron
Tiger Iron (composite of Tiger's Eye, Red Jasper, and Hematite)
Unakite
Epidotized Granite
Rough Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby mixture)
Corundum (Aluminum Oxide, Al2O3)
Colorless faceted gemstone, likely glass or cubic zirconia
Uncertain; possible cubic zirconia (ZrO₂) or quartz (SiO₂), but the image may show a man-made simulant
Colorless faceted quartz-like gemstone
Likely quartz (SiO₂), though the appearance may also indicate man-made glass or cubic zirconia
Granite
Granite (Phaneritic Quartz-Feldspar-Mica composite)
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
Aura Quartz / Rainbow Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Goldstone
N/A (Synthetic Glass with Copper Inclusions)
Corundum (Pink Sapphire / Ruby)
Al2O3 (Aluminum Oxide)
Raw turquoise-bearing rock
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O, likely in a limonite/matrix host
Blue-green faceted gemstone, likely turquoise or treated turquoise
Turquoise: hydrated copper–aluminum phosphate, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Chalk
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Que Sera Stone (Llanite with Feldspar and Quartz)
Rhyolite with blue quartz and pink orthoclase (Llanite-type quartz porphyry)
Polished banded agate slab or agate-look decorative stone
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Moissanite
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Marble (Sculpted Statue)
Metamorphic Limestone (composed primarily of Calcite, CaCO3)