Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
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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 Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
sedimentary
Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Blue Slag Glass
Anthropogenic Amorphous Silicon Dioxide
mineral
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete / Asphaltic Composite
not a natural rock (man-made composite)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix / Anthropogenic conglomerate
man-made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary)
Slag Glass / Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Glass
man-made glass / industrial byproduct
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
mineral
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical residue
mineral
Asphalt concrete
Anthropogenic conglomerate
sedimentary
Blue Glass or Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Glass)
mineral
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
mineral
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (Anthropogenic)
Industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral)
Iron-rich concretion or slag-like mineral fragment
Likely limonite/goethite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O), possibly magnetite-bearing material
mineral
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Mineral-like byproduct
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
igneous (anthropogenic)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron Silicate
industrial byproduct
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron Silicate
mineral
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
igneous
Fordite
Anthropogenic paint-rock
mineraloid (human-made geological specimen)
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial byproduct)
mineraloid
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Mineral-like Industrial Smelting Waste
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
igneous
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate (Byproduct of Smelting)
Mineral-like byproduct
Chert Arrowhead
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag
igneous
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
igneous
Chert (specifically a Lithic Flake)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
sedimentary
Green Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Glass
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Blue Dyed Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
metamorphic
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Anthropogenic silicate byproduct (Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct (often mistaken for igneous rock or meteorite)
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
igneous
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrophyre (Iron or Smelting Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
sedimentary
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Iron oxide/Silicate composite
Mineral-like byproduct (Technogenic)
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
sedimentary
Chert (Arrowhead Artifact)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Conglomerate (Asphaltic/Anthropogenic)
Clastic sedimentary rock / Bituminous mixture
sedimentary