Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with suspended copper, cobalt, or manganese particles
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Browse mineral (man made glass) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with suspended copper, cobalt, or manganese particles
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous aggregate
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland Cement Composite
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
Aura Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Titanium/Gold coating)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Moonstone/Opal)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass, SiO2 base with metallic inclusions
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Sandstone Concretion
Clastic Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with Iron Oxide)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Fossiliferous limestone with colonial coral
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing fossil tabulate or rugose coral colonies
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
Aura Quartz (Pink/Rose Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) bonded with Platinum and/or Silver
Chakra Stone (Composite / Man-made Bonded Gemstones)
Composite of Quartz, Lapis Lazuli, Aventurine, Tiger's Eye, and Jasper (SiO2, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(S,Cl,SO4,OH)2, etc.)
Polished white chalcedony or quartz pendant
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Blue Sapphire (Synthetic or Man-made Glass Imitation)
Corundum (Al2O3) if natural; Lead-glass or Spinal if synthetic
Blue Apatite
Apatite (Calcium Phosphate) - Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Dyed or synthetic turquoise-blue glass-like specimen
Likely man-made colored glass or resin; exact identification requires testing
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Likely polished quartz or glass-like mineral cabochon
Probably quartz (SiO₂), though the image cannot exclude man-made glass
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Titanium Aura Quartz (Bismuth-coated Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal vapor coating
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
Crushed Stone (Likely Limestone or Granite)
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for Limestone / Quartz and Feldspar for Granite
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Sandstone Concretion
Sedimentary Clastic Rock (Silicate-rich)
Concrete
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate Composite
Magnetic Hematite (Man-made)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) with Barium-Strontium Ferrite
Concrete Rubble with Aggregate
Hardened Portland Cement Paste with Coarse Aggregate
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
Concrete Paver (Artificial Cementitious Rock)
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Concretion
Sedimentary Concretion (Ironstone / Calcite Concretion)