Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
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Browse mineraloid (human made geological specimen) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Chert (Flint)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Man-made Carved Stone (Scream Mask/Skull motif)
Carved Soapstone or Serpentine-rich rock
Carved quartz skull, likely smoky quartz or gray chalcedony
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), quartz or microcrystalline quartz
Iridescent bismuth crystal
Bismuth (Bi), artificially crystallized
Chert (flint), brown variety
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Red-and-brown agate bead bracelet
Agate, a microcrystalline variety of quartz (SiO₂), likely colored chalcedony/carnelian
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
Concretion with Geode Cavity
Ferruginous Sandstone Concretion with Quartz Center
Chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Painted Sandstone
Sandstone (clastic sedimentary rock) with acrylic/artistic coating
Obsidian (likely black volcanic glass)
Obsidian; primarily amorphous volcanic silica glass, approximately SiO₂-rich rhyolitic composition
Likely chert (flint)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely chert; exact identification is uncertain from the image alone
Gem-set gold ring
Likely a faceted diamond (carbon, C) set in a gold-alloy ring; the surrounding stones are not identifiable from the image.
Possible weathered metal-rich rock or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly iron-oxide-rich breccia or industrial slag
Flint (chert)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), a variety of chert
Tumbled cream-colored pebble, likely quartz or calcite
Indeterminate from photograph; possibilities include microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) or calcite (CaCO₃)
Chert / Flint (Arrowhead Artifact)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Small rounded pebble (rock type indeterminate)
Unidentified fine-grained lithic pebble
Tumbled greenstone / serpentinite (probable)
Serpentinite, chiefly Mg-rich serpentine minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), possibly mixed with chlorite, magnetite, or carbonate
Conglomerate
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate)
Polished agate or chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony; exact identification uncertain from the image)
Chert / Flint
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (often called Flint)
Chert (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Hand-Drawn Gengar Pokémon Card Artist Item
Lignocellulosic Fiber (Cellulose, C6H10O5) with wax-based pigment (crayon/colored pencil)
Obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass)
Tumbled green fluorite (probable)
Fluorite, calcium fluoride (CaF₂)
Faceted blue gemstone ring, likely synthetic spinel or glass; identity uncertain
Possibly synthetic blue spinel (MgAl₂O₄) or laboratory sapphire (Al₂O₃); the clear side stones may be cubic zirconia or glass
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made glass with copper inclusions)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Conglomerate)
Anthropogenic Bituminous Conglomerate
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz
Chert (often called Flint or Jasper if reddish)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Snowflake Obsidian
Spherulitic Obsidian (Volcanic Glass with Cristobalite inclusions)
Black Pearl (Tahitian Pearl)
Aragonite / Calcite (CaCO3) with Conchiolin
Polished pink feldspar (likely moonstone/sunstone-type feldspar)
Alkali feldspar, commonly orthoclase or microcline; KAlSi₃O₈
Lava Rock with Fabric Impression
Scoria or Basalt with anthropogenic impressions
Tumbled blue glassy mineral specimen, possibly blue calcite or dyed quartz
Uncertain from image; likely calcite (CaCO₃) or dyed microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
Tumbled chalcedony (likely moss or dendritic agate)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide inclusions
Possible ironstone concretion or weathered mineral nodule
Iron-oxide-rich concretion, likely goethite/limonite; identification uncertain from the photo
Dark blue polished stone pendant
Indeterminate; possibly sodalite, lapis lazuli, or blue slag/glass-like material