Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica / Glass Slag
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic rock-like material)
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Pyrite in Matrix
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral
Basalt or Slag
Extrusive Igneous Rock / Industrial Slag
igneous
Green Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (Industrial Glass Byproduct)
Synthetic/Byproduct (Non-igneous, non-sedimentary, non-metamorphic)
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (Anthropogenic)
Industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral)
Chert (Jasper/Flint variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Iron Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Ferrosilicate Glass)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic material)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Mineraloid / Synthetic Glass
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
mineral
Possible industrial slag or basaltic volcanic glass
Likely iron-rich vitreous slag; natural alternative: basaltic glass (tachylite)
igneous
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
igneous
Efflorescence (on Clay Brick)
Crystalline salt deposits (typically Sodium Sulfate Na2SO4, Calcium Carbonate CaCO3, or Potassium Sulfate K2SO4)
Mineral precipitate (anthropogenic context)
Green Obsidian Sphere (man-made glass)
Vitreous Silica with Chromium/Iron additives
mineralogical simulant
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicate (Man-made)
industrial byproduct
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
mineraloid (man-made)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal Waste)
Artificial silicate/ferro-silicate byproduct
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica / Glass residue
Man-made byproduct (Non-geological)
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Anthropogenic / Non-Natural
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrophyre (Iron or Smelting Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Man-made)
mineraloid
Asphalt (Aggregate)
Bituminous macadam / Concrete Aggregate
sedimentary
Slag
Anthropogenic glassy silicate
Mineral-like byproduct
Chert (Arrowhead Debitage or Spall)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
sedimentary
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Leland Blue Stone
Anthropogenic Iron Smelting Slag
mineraloid
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
mineral
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
igneous
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Iron Slag
Vitreous glassy waste (Fe-Si-Al-Ca compounds)
Mineral byproduct (anthropogenic / techno-fossil)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate glass (Slag)
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial deposit)
Anthropogenic Heat Source (Electronic/Industrial Interface)
Thermal IR emission (Electronic infrastructure)
not a rock or mineral
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
mineral
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
mineral
Slag
Anthropogenic silicate slag
igneous
Iron Slag
Ferrous Slag (Silicate/Oxide mixture)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic)
Tiffany Stone
Bertrandite (with Fluorite, Opal, and Chalcedony), Be4Si2O7(OH)2
mineral
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
mineral
Ferruginous Slag (Iron Smelting Byproduct)
Fused Silicate Scoria (Amorphous mixture of FeO, SiO2, and CaO)
Antropogenic Glass / Mineraloid
Jasper (Multi-colored) / Sea Glass Slag
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Iron Oxide
Sedimentary (if natural Jasper) or Artificial (if Slag)
Fluorite (Purple/Blue variety)
Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
mineral