Titanium Aura Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse mineral (man made glass, not natural) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Titanium Aura Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Byproduct of smelting)
Likely polished quartz or glass-like mineral cabochon
Probably quartz (SiO₂), though the image cannot exclude man-made glass
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
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Concrete
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate Composite
Diamond (or Diamond Simulant)
Carbon (C)
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
Man-made Carved Stone (Scream Mask/Skull motif)
Carved Soapstone or Serpentine-rich rock
Concrete Rubble with Aggregate
Hardened Portland Cement Paste with Coarse Aggregate
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Ironstone / Calcite Concretion)
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chert or Flint)
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Possible weathered basalt or slag fragment
Basalt, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene; identification is uncertain from the image
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (typically Quartz/Silica with Iron Oxide)
Tumbled green glassy mineral, possibly aventurine or fluorite
Uncertain; likely quartz variety (aventurine quartz, SiO₂) or green fluorite (CaF₂)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with copper or cobalt/manganese inclusions
Goldstone
Avventurina (Cu + SiO2 glass)
Man-made Jewelry (Metal and Glass/Plastic)
Synthetic Alloy and Amorphous Solid (SiO2/Polymer)
Rough Sapphire (Corundum)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 with Cobalt/Copper inclusions)
Goldstone (blue-goldstone–style glass) beads
Artificial aventurine glass, typically silica glass with copper inclusions; not a natural mineral
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C) or Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Chert
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Tektite
Impactite (Natural Silicate Glass)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Industrial Vitrified Slag (High-silica amorphous glass)
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Red glass-like crystal, likely synthetic ruby or red glass
Uncertain from image; possible corundum (ruby), Al₂O₃, or synthetic glass
Yellow Sapphire (Raw)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Polished black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass), chiefly silica-rich rhyolitic composition
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
Slag
Glassy silicate byproduct (anthropogenic material)
Sandstone Concretion
Septarian or Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Glass / Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
SiO2 (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Slag
Metallurgical by-product