Diamond
Carbon (C)
Category
Browse mineral (man made glass) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Diamond
Carbon (C)
Diamond (in a jewelry setting)
Carbon (C)
Fossilized Burrow
Trace fossil (Ichnogenus)
Pearl
Pearl (Calcium Carbonate with organic conchiolin, CaCO3)
Amethyst
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Mixed beach-stone and tumbled-glass collection
Predominantly uncertain rocks (likely basalt, granite, and quartz-bearing stones) with anthropogenic glass; one possible banded agate or jasper
Sandstone
Arenite (SiO2 primarily)
Corundum (Ruby variety)
Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
Smoky Quartz Cluster
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Fossil Sea Urchin (Echinoid)
Echinoidea fossil (often replaced by silica or calcite)
Polished garnet bead bracelet
Garnet group, likely almandine–pyrope solid solution; commonly approximated as Fe₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃–Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Blue glassy cabochon, likely blue quartz or synthetic glass
Possibly dyed blue chalcedony/quartz (SiO₂); visual identification is inconclusive
Obsidian
Volcanic glass
Sandstone
Arenite
Tumbled gray chalcedony (likely agate or quartzite)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony)
Green Quartzite
Metamorphic Quartzite (often colored by chromium-bearing minerals or fuchsite)
Black tumbled stone, possibly obsidian
Obsidian (natural volcanic glass; composition varies, typically silica-rich)
Sandstone
Arenite
Tumbled carnelian (reddish-orange chalcedony)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides
Banded Chert / Chalcedony
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Chalcedony Cube
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chalcedony with iron-oxide staining
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony or chert with limonite/goethite staining
Tumbled yellow jasper or chalcedony
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; likely iron-oxide-bearing jasper/chalcedony
Goldstone
Not a natural mineral or rock. It is an ornamental glass.
Black stone bead bracelet
Likely black tourmaline (schorl), though identification is uncertain from the image
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished black obsidian
Volcanic glass; primarily rhyolitic SiO₂, with minor iron, magnesium, and other trace elements
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica / Glass residue
Weathered iron-rich rock, possibly jasper or ironstone
Likely limonite/goethite-bearing siliceous rock; exact identification requires hardness and streak tests
Chert (Flint/Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Carved smoky quartz (likely)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), smoky variety
Sandstone
Arenite
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Diamond
Native Carbon (C)
Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide)
Pyrite (Fool's Gold)
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Corundum (Sapphire/Ruby in Matrix)
Corundum (Al2O3)
Chert (Jasper variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Black tourmaline bead bracelet (likely schorl)
Schorl, NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Obsidian
Volcanic glass (SiO2)
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)