Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
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Browse mineral (man made glass, not natural) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Dyed or synthetic turquoise-blue glass-like specimen
Likely man-made colored glass or resin; exact identification requires testing
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
ABS Plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
(C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Concrete Paver (Artificial Cementitious Rock)
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate
Sea Glass
Silicon dioxide (mostly)
Goldstone (Red)
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu)
Unidentifiable Rock Fragment
Blue cabochon, likely dyed or synthetic material
Undetermined; possibly dyed chalcedony (SiO₂), glass, or synthetic corundum
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
Aqua Aura Quartz
Titanium/Gold-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Blue obsidian-like volcanic glass
Volcanic glass, chiefly silica-rich amorphous material (composition uncertain)
Blue-dyed tumbled quartz or glass imitation
Quartz (SiO₂), appearance possibly enhanced with blue dye; identity uncertain from image
Blue Sapphire (Synthetic or Man-made Glass Imitation)
Corundum (Al2O3) if natural; Lead-glass or Spinal if synthetic
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Engineerged Quartz (Quartz Composite)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) in a polymer resin matrix
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial byproduct)
Polished black pebble, possibly obsidian
Volcanic glass (obsidian), likely; identification is tentative from the image
Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
Libyan Desert Glass
Libyan Desert Glass (SiO2 with trace elements)
Goldstone (Brown/Gold)
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with Copper inclusions)
Iron-rich slag or ironstone; appearance is not diagnostic
Likely iron-oxide-rich material (hematite, Fe₂O₃, and/or magnetite, Fe₃O₄); possibly smelting slag
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue goldstone
Man-made aventurine glass containing metallic copper particles; not a natural mineral
Blue glassy tumbled stone, likely blue chalcedony or slag glass
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly man-made blue glass
Obsidian (Blue)
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Cherry Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with iron-rich inclusions/dye)
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Crystalline Silicon Dioxide simulation)
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
Green obsidian (likely molded or heat-treated glass-like specimen)
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic composition (silica-rich amorphous SiO₂)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification