Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Mineraloid / Synthetic Glass
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Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Ferro-silicate
mineral
Ferro-slag (Leland Blue/Slag Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica (Industrial Slag)
igneous
Slag Glass
Glassy Silicate Residue
industrial byproduct
Ferrochrome Slag
Industrial Glassy Slag (Fe-Cr alloy byproduct)
Antropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate / Ferro-silicate Slag
igneous
Ferro-Manganese Slag
Vitreous Silicate Slag
Anthropogenic (Industrial byproduct)
Green Slag Glass
Cullet (Amorphous Silicon Dioxide with impurities)
Man-made rock-like material
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
igneous
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica Glass (Anthropogenic)
Industrial byproduct (often mistaken for obsidian or mineral)
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrophyre (Iron or Smelting Slag)
Mineral-like byproduct
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Slag (Post-industrial byproduct)
igneous
Cullet Glass (Industrial Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Man-made byproduct (often mistaken for Obsidian or Emerald)
Green Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (with metallic impurities)
Igneous (Anthropogenic)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
igneous
Blue slag glass / industrial smelter slag
Man-made iron-rich silicate slag; composition variable, commonly Fe–Ca–Mg–Al silicates with glassy phases
mineral
Weathered metallic fragment, possibly iron meteorite or industrial slag
Uncertain; candidate iron meteorite (Fe–Ni alloy), but terrestrial slag or corroded metal is also plausible
meteorite
Blue slag glass / industrial glass fragment
Artificial silicate glass, composition variable; likely copper- or cobalt-colored furnace slag
mineral
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
igneous (anthropogenic)
Slag Glass
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with impurities
man-made glass
Cullet Glass (sometimes mistaken for Blue Obsidian or Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with chemical additives (e.g., Cobalt for blue color)
mineraloid / industrial byproduct
Iron-rich slag or limonite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly limonite/goethite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O); possibly industrial iron slag
mineral
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal Waste)
Artificial silicate/ferro-silicate byproduct
Mineraloid (Industrial byproduct)
Slag Glass / Industrial Slag
Anthropogenic Glass
man-made glass / industrial byproduct
Iron Slag
Iron smelting byproduct (Glassy/vesicular silicate)
anthropogenic / industrial byproduct
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Anthropogenic (Man-made industrial byproduct)
Iron Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Ferrosilicate Glass)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic material)
Iron Slag
Ferrous Slag (complex silicate and oxide byproduct)
industrial byproduct (anthropogenic)
Native copper-rich iron meteorite (likely Canyon Diablo/meteorite-like specimen)
Iron–nickel alloy, chiefly kamacite and taenite (Fe-Ni), with oxidized copper/iron sulfide inclusions
meteorite
Ferrous Slag
Iron/Steel Slag (Complex Calcium-Alumino-Silicates)
Anthropgenic (Industrial Byproduct)
Industrial slag (iron/copper smelting slag)
Multiphase vitreous metallurgical slag; commonly iron-silicate glass with metal-oxide and metallic inclusions
mineral
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
mineral-like byproduct
Ferrous Slag (Iron Smelting By-product)
Fused Siliceous Slag
Anthropogenic Material (Man-made Rock)
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Mineraloid
Cullet Glass (Slag)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made)
Mineraloid
Man-made earbud charging case (Not a rock or mineral)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plastic with electronic components
Synthetic/Man-made object
Green Fluorite
Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride, CaF2)
mineral
Prasiolite (Green Quartz) / Sea Glass Amalgam
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
mineral
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
mineral
Green Glass Slag
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide impurities
mineraloid (man-made)
Bauxite
Hydrated Aluminum Oxides (primarily Gibbsite Al(OH)3, Boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and Diaspore α-AlO(OH))
sedimentary
N/A - Man-made object (Jewelry Chain)
Antiqued or Oxidized Metal Chain (often Steel or Brass)
Mineral (processed metal)