Fluorite (Polished Point/Tower)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Category
Browse mineral (man made glass) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Fluorite (Polished Point/Tower)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification
Goldstone (likely red/brown aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; copper-bearing silicate glass (not a natural mineral)
Chert Concretion
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Pavement)
Aggregates in Bitumen Matrix
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Goldstone (Brown/Gold)
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with Copper inclusions)
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with copper inclusions)
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Blue glassy tumbled stone, likely blue chalcedony or slag glass
Chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂), possibly man-made blue glass
Quartz crystal (likely clear quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Concrete with Aggregate
Composite construction material; primary matrix is Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H)
Polished dendritic agate or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chalcedony with iron/manganese dendrites
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
Green glassy mineral fragment, possibly fluorite
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂), tentative identification
Aura Quartz
Titanium or Gold bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue-dyed tumbled quartz or glass imitation
Quartz (SiO₂), appearance possibly enhanced with blue dye; identity uncertain from image
Small pebble, likely limestone
Unidentified carbonate pebble, possibly micritic limestone (calcite, CaCO₃)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Raw quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), likely milky or included quartz
Aura Quartz (specifically Titanium Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti Coating)
Purple glassy pebble, possibly slag glass
Unidentified; likely man-made glass rather than a natural mineral
Concretion (Sandstone)
Carbonate-cemented Sandstone Concretion
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Slag Glass
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with impurities
Felsic Drill Core (likely Gneiss or Granite)
Felsic Metamorphic Rock (Gneissic profile)
Blue cabochon, likely dyed or synthetic material
Undetermined; possibly dyed chalcedony (SiO₂), glass, or synthetic corundum
Agate and millefiori glass jewelry
Agate: microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂); millefiori element appears to be man-made glass
Man-made Crystal (Lead Glass)
Lead oxide-doped Silica Glass (approx. SiO2 + PbO)
Concrete Fragment
Artificial Conglomerate (Cement and Aggregate)
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished brown jasper (likely brecciated or orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct