Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
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Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various additives
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Goldstone (Synthetic Aventurescence Glass)
Cuprous Aventurescent Glass (Silicon Dioxide with Copper inclusions)
Precious Coral
Corallium rubrum (Calcium carbonate with trace carotene)
Sea Glass (specifically Frosted White)
Amorphous Silica (substance: Sodium-calcium silicate glass)
Aventurine (likely Green Aventurine)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with mineral inclusions
Breccia (likely volcanic or impact breccia)
Polymictic breccia; clasts in a fine-grained silicate matrix, exact mineralogy indeterminate from image
Breccia (likely quartz-cemented polymict breccia)
Clastic breccia; chiefly angular quartz/feldspar or carbonate clasts in a silica- or carbonate-rich matrix
Sand Grain (Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Potassium feldspar
Orthoclase or microcline; KAlSi₃O₈
Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (SiO2)
Carbonado (Black Diamond)
Carbonado (Polycrystalline Diamond)
Blue topaz (likely treated)
Topaz, Al₂SiO₄(F,OH)₂
Snowflake Obsidian
Volcanic Glass with Cristobalite inclusions
Reddish-brown crystalline rock, possibly weathered granite or garnet-bearing schist
Indeterminate; likely quartz–feldspar–mica rock with iron oxides, potentially garnet-bearing
Possible iron meteorite
Iron meteorite, likely an ataxite or coarse octahedrite; composition mainly Fe–Ni alloy
Iron meteorite (probable)
Fe–Ni metal, commonly kamacite and taenite
Metallic iron meteorite fragments (probable)
Iron meteorite, chiefly kamacite (α-(Fe,Ni)) with possible taenite
Iron meteorite (likely etched or weathered iron meteorite)
Fe–Ni alloy, predominantly kamacite and taenite; possible ataxite/hexahedrite or coarse octahedrite
Breccia
Polymictic volcanic breccia (likely basaltic-andesitic matrix)
Scoria (vesicular volcanic rock)
Basaltic to andesitic scoria; chiefly plagioclase, pyroxene, and volcanic glass
Unidentified purple mineral fragment
Possibly amethyst (quartz), but the image is insufficient for confident identification
Likely metallic meteorite fragment
Undetermined; possibly an iron meteorite or stony-iron meteorite
Polished boulder opal
Precious opal, hydrated amorphous silica (SiO₂·nH₂O), likely matrix/boulder opal
Rounded gravel / river pebbles
Polymictic alluvial gravel, commonly quartz-, feldspar-, and lithic-rich clasts
Raw pink chalcedony (likely pink agate/jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (chalcedony); impurities may include iron oxides and other silicates
Weathered quartz-rich pebble
Likely granitic or feldspathic clast; chiefly quartz (SiO₂) and feldspar
Quartz (River Pebble)
Quartz (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2)
Muscovite
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Dark mafic rock, likely basalt
Basalt; primarily plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine and iron oxides
Moon (lunar surface depiction)
Lunar rock; chiefly anorthosite, basalt, and breccia (plagioclase-rich CaAl2Si2O8)
Mahogany Obsidian
Obsidian (SiO2 + Fe2O3)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled green aventurine (probable)
Quartz, SiO₂, with fuchsite mica inclusions
Possible iron meteorite
Iron meteorite, likely kamacite–taenite alloy
Weathered iron-rich sandstone or ferruginous pebble
Quartz-rich sandstone with iron-oxide cement; exact identification requires testing
Fire Opal (in matrix)
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Iron meteorite (probable, possibly industrial iron slag)
Fe–Ni metallic alloy, commonly kamacite and taenite
Rhodonite
Rhodonite (MnSiO3)
Precious Opal
Hydrated Silica (SiO2·nH2O)
Green fluorite crystal
Fluorite (calcium fluoride, CaF₂)