Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
mineraloid
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Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
mineraloid
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
metamorphic
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
mineraloid
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Synthetic Mineral Simulant / Glass
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
mineral
Opalite
Opalescent Glass (SiO2 + coloring agents)
Mineral (Synthetic/Man-made)
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass (Silicon Dioxide)
mineraloid (man-made)
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Mystic Topaz (Treated Quartz or Topaz)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] with thin-film metallic coating
gemstone
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
mineraloid / anthropogenic
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
gemstone
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
mineral
Slag Glass
Vitreous Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
gemstone
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass
mineraloid (man-made)
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Man-made object (Simulant)
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
mineral
Pink Quartz / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Goldstone
Aventurine glass
mineral (man-made glass)
Man-made Polished Porcelain Tile (Artificial Geologic Lookalike)
Fused Silicate Ceramic with Alumina (Synthetic Kaolinite derivative)
Synthetic (Ceramic)
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
mineral
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
mineral
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Bituminous conglomerate
sedimentary
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (Cupriferous glass)
Synthetic Glass (Man-made)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
mineraloid (man-made)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
sedimentary
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
mineral
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
gemstone
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
mineral
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
mineral
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Mineraloid / Industrial Byproduct
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous conglomerate
sedimentary
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Mineraloid
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
gemstone
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
gemstone
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Copper crystals)
mineraloid (man-made glass)