Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
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Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
Mystic Topaz
Aluminum Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide (Al2SiO4(F,OH)2) with metallic film coating
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Gold coated)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor deposition
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Likely blue-green glassy slag or a weathered mineral fragment
Unidentified; the image does not show diagnostic features sufficient for a mineral identification
Opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite; amorphous silica glass, not a natural mineral
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC) / Moissanite (natural)
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Synthetic copper-bearing soda-lime glass; commonly sold as red goldstone
Diamond (or Cubic Zirconia)
Carbon (C) or Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
Opalite (likely man-made opalescent glass)
Opalite; not a true mineral, typically synthetic opalescent glass (silica-based)
Ironstone Concretion (Pot Stone)
Siderite or Limonite Concretion (FeCO3 or FeO(OH)·nH2O)
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
Chert Concretion (with typical hematite/limonite staining)
Sedimentary Concretion (SiO2 with FeO(OH)⋅nH2O)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Tumbled opalite (likely man-made glass)
Opalite glass; a synthetic opalescent glass, not a natural mineral species
Green sea glass (likely)
Man-made glass, likely soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral or rock
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Ocean Jasper Mushroom
Orbicular Jasper (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 mixed with various impurities)
Aura Quartz Geodes (Lab-Altered)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Metallic Vapor Deposition
Blue cabochon, likely dyed or synthetic material
Undetermined; possibly dyed chalcedony (SiO₂), glass, or synthetic corundum
Black tumbled stone, possibly obsidian
Obsidian (volcanic glass; predominantly SiO₂), identification uncertain from image
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Turquoise-colored ring stone (possibly turquoise or imitation)
Turquoise, CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O; identity cannot be confirmed from the image
Pearl
Nacre (aragonite, CaCO₃, with conchiolin)
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Green Aventurine
Quartzite with Fuchsite inclusions (SiO2 + K(Al,Cr)2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Opalised Glass
Concrete Fragment
Hardened Portland cement and mineral aggregate
Goldstone (likely red/brown aventurine glass)
Man-made aventurine glass; copper-bearing silicate glass (not a natural mineral)
Rainbow Hematite Ring
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) with thin-film coating
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
Beads (likely glass or man-made material)
N/A (artificial material)
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
Clear Quartz Sphere (Rock Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Composite material (bitumen binder with mineral aggregate)
Magnetic Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) - Man-magnetized ceramic/barium ferrite composite
Aura Quartz (Titanium/Rainbow Quartz)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) with metallic coating