Leland Blue Stone
Anthropogenic Iron Smelting Slag
mineraloid
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Orange Calcite
Calcite (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
mineral
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Basalt or Slag
Extrusive Igneous Rock / Industrial Slag
igneous
Slag (Industrial Glassy Byproduct)
Ferro-silicate Slag
Anthropogenic / Non-Natural
Anthracite Coal with Sulfur staining
Anthracite (Carbon C with impurities)
metamorphic
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Mineraloid / Industrial Byproduct
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Amorphous Vitreous Silicate
mineraloid
Iron Slag
Vitreous glassy waste (Fe-Si-Al-Ca compounds)
Mineral byproduct (anthropogenic / techno-fossil)
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Byproduct)
mineraloid
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Aragonite (CaCO3) with Organic Matrix
mineral
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
mineral-like (anthropogenic)
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Copper slag or vesicular basalt with copper minerals
Industrial slag / Basaltic matrix with secondary copper minerals
igneous
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
igneous (anthropogenic)
Iron Slag
Ferrous Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
mineraloid (anthropogenic byproduct)
Slag
Glassy silicate byproduct (anthropogenic material)
industrial byproduct
Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicate (Man-made)
industrial byproduct
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Mineraloid / Synthetic Glass
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
mineral
Gold
Native Gold (Au)
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Asphaltum / Bitumen-Aggregate Matrix
Technonatural composite (often containing sedimentary/igneous aggregate)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
igneous
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Industrial Man-made)
mineraloid
Iron Slag
Ferrous Slag (Silicate/Oxide mixture)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal)
Ferrous slag or Glassy silicate byproduct
Antropogenic rock (Man-made)
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
mineraloid (man-made)
Chert (Arrowhead Debitage or Spall)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO₂)
sedimentary
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag (Post-industrial byproduct)
igneous
Slag (Industrial Glass/Glassy Rock)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Material
igneous
Bismuth
Bismuth (element Bi) with oxidized thin-film interference layer
mineral
Efflorescence (on Clay Brick)
Crystalline salt deposits (typically Sodium Sulfate Na2SO4, Calcium Carbonate CaCO3, or Potassium Sulfate K2SO4)
Mineral precipitate (anthropogenic context)
Anthropogenic Heat Source (Electronic/Industrial Interface)
Thermal IR emission (Electronic infrastructure)
not a rock or mineral
Green Quartz (Prasiolite or Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Jasper (Multi-colored) / Sea Glass Slag
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Iron Oxide
Sedimentary (if natural Jasper) or Artificial (if Slag)
Cobalt Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (anthropogenic) with Cobalt additives
mineraloid
Orange Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
mineral
Tiffany Stone
Bertrandite (with Fluorite, Opal, and Chalcedony), Be4Si2O7(OH)2
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
man-made rock (technosol)
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Siliceous industrial waste)
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Ferruginous Slag (Iron Smelting Byproduct)
Fused Silicate Scoria (Amorphous mixture of FeO, SiO2, and CaO)
Antropogenic Glass / Mineraloid
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
mineral