Aura Quartz (Titanium/Gold coated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor deposition
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Browse mineral (man made glass) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Gold coated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor deposition
Sandstone-based Concrete Fragment
Cementitious Composite with Sedimentary Aggregate
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement)
Bituminous concrete / Asphalt
Aura Quartz
Titanium/Titanium-Gold treated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily SiO2 with mineral cement)
Note: This is a Man-Made Object (Costume/Prop Patch)
Synthetic fiber and pigments (Cellulose/Plastic-based composite)
Baked-clay ceramic fragment (likely brick or pottery)
Fired clay, primarily aluminosilicate minerals; not a natural rock
Opalite
Man-made synthetic glass with opalescent effects (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Metal Alloy (Likely Pewter or Sterling Silver)
Not a natural geological specimen; composed of refined metals. If pewter, it's a tin-based alloy. If sterling silver, it's 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals (usually copper).
Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating
Chert Concretion (with typical hematite/limonite staining)
Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with FeO(OH)⋅nH2O)
Titanium Amethyst Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal Vapor Deposition Layer
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic sedimentary rock (primarily Quartz SiO2)
Conglomerate
Conglomerate (Sedimentary rock containing rounded clasts)
Polished blue-green glassy slag or coated mineral fragment
Most likely man-made colored glass/slag; exact composition cannot be determined visually
Goldstone (blue/black aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; silica glass containing metallic copper or other glittering inclusions
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Tumbled black stone, likely black obsidian
Obsidian; volcanic glass, typically rhyolitic composition (SiO₂-rich)
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Opalite (a synthetic glass, often confused with Opal)
Silicon dioxide glass (SiO2nH2O, for natural opal)
Dyed Blue Agate (Dragon Vein Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial cobalt/organic dyes
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Small clear crystal, possibly quartz or glass-like gemstone
Uncertain; likely quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient to exclude man-made glass or cubic zirconia
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Weathered iron-rich concretion or ironstone nodule
Goethite–hematite limonite concretion (FeO(OH), Fe₂O₃, and hydrated iron oxides)
Ceramic or Polished Stone Heart (Anthropogenic Material)
Glazed Ceramic (Silicon Dioxide based coating on Alumina Silicate body) or Polished Limestone/Marble (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural form)
Metallic sulfide mineral fragment, likely galena
Galena (lead sulfide, PbS), tentative identification
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Dalmatian jasper
Porphyritic microcrystalline quartz-rich rock, commonly sold as Dalmatian jasper; spots are chiefly arfvedsonite/amphibole minerals, sometimes altered feldspar
Dyed Agate / Painted Stone
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Cultured Marble (Synthetic)
Polymer-matrix composite (typically calcium carbonate in polyester resin)
Vesicular basalt (probable iron-rich volcanic rock)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase, clinopyroxene, olivine, and Fe-Ti oxides
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Brick fragment (Man-made material)
N/A (Fired clay)
Red Sandstone or Brick Fragment
Arenite (if sandstone)
Crescent Pebble
Weathered Quartzite or Sandstone Fragment
Rainbow Hematite (Man-made/Treated)
Tumbled Hematite with Titanium/Anodized coating (Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3)