White pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from image; possible microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
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White pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from image; possible microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polymer Clay (Mock Mineral)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with plasticizers and pigment
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Titanium-coated Metal Cube (Man-made Fidget Toy)
Titanium-anodized or electroplated alloy (e.g., Ti-coated Zinc or Aluminum)
Opalite-style glass pendant
Man-made opalescent glass (not natural opal)
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Polished opalite (likely man-made opalescent glass)
Opalite is a commercial name, not a mineral; typically opalescent glass, often soda-lime silicate glass
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
Likely tumbled red mineral or glass imitation
Indeterminate; possibilities include red jasper (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂) or dyed chalcedony
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline-to-massive variety
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Aventurine
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Fuchsite inclusions)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Aggregate Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate (Technosol)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix containing aggregates and petroleum-based binder (CnH2n+2)
Exposed Aggregate Concrete (Pea Gravel)
Concrete with Siliceous Alluvial Gravels
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Ocean Jasper Mushroom
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 mixed with various impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)