Green Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (weathered)
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Browse mineral (man made glass, not natural) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Green Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (weathered)
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
Tumbled clear quartz (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Crackle Glass (Simulated Gemstone)
Amorphous Solid (SiO2)
Blue Goldstone
Auraventurine (Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions)
Porcelain Tile (Sandstone-look)
Man-made Ceramic (resembling Quartz-rich Sandstone)
Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
Dyed Crackle Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
Terrazzo (Man-made Composite)
Cementitious or Resin-bound Lithic Composite
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Moldavite
Tektite (Impact Glass), ~80% SiO2 + Al2O3
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Clear quartz sphere
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Goldstone
N/A (Synthetic Glass with Copper Inclusions)
Tumbled gray stone, likely quartz-rich pebble
Probable microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂), possibly gray jasper or quartzite
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Synthetic copper-bearing soda-lime glass; commonly sold as red goldstone
Crescent Pebble
Weathered Quartzite or Sandstone Fragment
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Pyrite in Quartz (Drill Core)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Iron Sulfide (FeS2) inclusions
Rounded graywacke or sandstone cobble
Lithified clastic sandstone; likely quartz–feldspar–lithic grain aggregate in a silica or calcite matrix
Small greenish crystal/mineral fragment
Indeterminate; possibly olivine, quartz, or a green gemstone fragment
Clear quartz fragment (rock crystal)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Red glassy cabochon, likely synthetic ruby or red glass
Uncertain; possible synthetic corundum (Al₂O₃, chromium-colored) or man-made glass
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass (Amorphous silicon dioxide)
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Rock crystal (clear quartz), possibly cloudy quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue glass-like bead or gemstone keychain ornament
Indeterminate; likely cobalt-blue glass or synthetic blue spinel, not identifiable as a natural mineral from the image
Polished labradorite sphere
Labradorite, calcic plagioclase feldspar ((Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈)
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass weathering product
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
Milky quartz (likely quartz crystal fragment)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Pet Rock (Man-made Quartzite or Granite Cobble)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) mixture; commonly composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica
Sandstone Concretion
Limonitic Sandstone Concretion
Polished labradorite pendant
Labradorite, a calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar (approximately NaAlSi₃O₈–CaAl₂Si₂O₈)