Blue Goldstone
Goldstone (artificial glass)
Mineral (man-made glass, not natural)
Category
Mineral (Man Made Glass, Not Natural)
Browse mineral (man made glass, not natural) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Mineral Simulant (Synthetic Glass)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Fused glass (typically made of dolomite and metal opacifiers)
Man-made Material / Glass
Opaline Glass (Opalite)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass
Mineraloid (Man-made)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
mineral
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Mineraloid (Man-made Glass)
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
N/A
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Opal)
Synthetic Silica Glass
mineraloid (synthetic)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
mineral
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
mineraloid
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Synthetic Mineral Simulant / Glass
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
metamorphic
Opalite
Opalescent Glass (SiO2 + coloring agents)
Mineral (Synthetic/Man-made)
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
mineraloid / anthropogenic
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass (Silicon Dioxide)
mineraloid (man-made)
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
mineral
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Man-made object (Simulant)
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
mineral
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
mineral
N/A - Non-Geological Item
not a rock/mineral
Man-made Polished Porcelain Tile (Artificial Geologic Lookalike)
Fused Silicate Ceramic with Alumina (Synthetic Kaolinite derivative)
Synthetic (Ceramic)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (Cupriferous glass)
Synthetic Glass (Man-made)
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Mineraloid / Industrial Byproduct
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
mineral
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
mineral
Beads (likely glass or man-made material)
N/A (artificial material)
Man-made material, not a natural rock or mineral specimen
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
mineraloid
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
mineral (synthetic)
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
mineral
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
sedimentary
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Asphalt concrete / Bituminous mixture
anthropogenic sedimentary (technolith)
ABS Plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
(C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z
Synthetic Polymer (Synthetic Material)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Synthetic Glass (Often categorized as a simulated mineral)
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
sedimentary
Libyan Desert Glass
Libyan Desert Glass (SiO2 with trace elements)
mineral (impactite)