Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
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Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Asphalt Chunk
Asphalt concrete
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Fused glass (typically made of dolomite and metal opacifiers)
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
Crescent Pebble
Weathered Quartzite or Sandstone Fragment
Sandstone (with Liesegang rings or joints)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (primarily Quartz with Iron Oxide cement)
Man-made Polished Porcelain Tile (Artificial Geologic Lookalike)
Fused Silicate Ceramic with Alumina (Synthetic Kaolinite derivative)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opaque silicious glass
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Granite with Cupules / Bedrock Mortars
Granite (felsic intrusive plutonic rock)
Mystic Topaz (Treated Quartz or Topaz)
Aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide [Al2SiO4(F,OH)2] with thin-film metallic coating
Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass
Green glass-like cabochon, likely synthetic glass or resin
Unidentified green transparent material; possibly molded glass, synthetic spinel, or resin
Aura Quartz (Titanium Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti)
Cobalt Blue Glass / Cullet Glass
Silicon dioxide (Amorphous man-made glass)
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Slag
Metallurgical Slag
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made)
Diamond (or Simulant)
Carbon (C)
Pet Rock (Man-made Quartzite or Granite Cobble)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) mixture; commonly composed of Quartz, Feldspar, and Mica
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Asphalt aggregate (crushed stone in bitumen)
Artificial composite; predominantly crushed granite, basalt, limestone, and/or recycled aggregate bound by bitumen
Polished black pebble, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Sandstone Anvil / Nutting Stone
Quartzose Sandstone (Sedimentary Rock)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
Costume Jewelry with Synthetic Gemstones
Synthetic Cubic Zirconia and Glass (SiO2 / ZrO2)
Clear quartz tumbled stone
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Polymer Clay (Mock Mineral)
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with plasticizers and pigment
Ring with an Orange Inlay
N/A (Man-made object)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Amorphized Silicon Dioxide)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass (SiO2 + additives)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Opal)
Aura Quartz
Titanium or Gold bonded Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Aura Quartz (specifically Titanium Aura Quartz)
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2 + Ti Coating)
Dyed Imperial Jasper (Sea Sediment Jasper)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Impure Quartz/Chalcedony
Decorated turquoise-like bead or mineral pendant
Likely turquoise [CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O], possibly dyed composite or blue-green jasper