Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
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Concrete
Anthropogenic Conglomerate
sedimentary
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)
not a rock
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Ferro-silicate
mineral
Slag Glass (Leland Blue variant)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
mineral
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete / Asphaltic Composite
not a natural rock (man-made composite)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
mineral
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
mineral
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical residue
mineral
Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix / Anthropogenic conglomerate
man-made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary)
Blue Glass or Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Glass)
mineral
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial byproduct)
mineraloid
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Mineral-like byproduct
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
igneous
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (Anthropogenic)
Industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral)
Chert Arrowhead
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
igneous (anthropogenic)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate
industrial byproduct
Blue Dyed Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
metamorphic
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
mineral
Fordite
Anthropogenic paint-rock
mineraloid (human-made geological specimen)
Chert (specifically a Lithic Flake)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
sedimentary
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Mineral-like Industrial Smelting Waste
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
igneous
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
sedimentary
Chert (Arrowhead Artifact)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate (Byproduct of Smelting)
Mineral-like byproduct
Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag
igneous
Cupronickel (on a 1981 Mexico 20 Pesos coin)
Copper-Nickel Alloy (Cu75Ni25)
mineral
Green Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Glass
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
igneous
Obsidian Arrowhead
Obsidian (Volcanic Glass)
igneous
Stainless Steel (Polished)
Ferrous Alloy containing Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Carbon (C)
Mineral equivalent / Metal Alloy
Terrazzo (Synthetic Composite Rock)
Cementitious or Epoxy Resin-bound Aggregates
Man-made metamorphic-style composite
Chert (specifically Flint Arrowhead)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
sedimentary
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Anthropogenic silicate byproduct (Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct (often mistaken for igneous rock or meteorite)
Chert (Arrowhead Preform or Point)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
sedimentary
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
igneous