Basalt
Basalt
Category
Browse not a rock (man made industrial metal) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Basalt
Basalt
Cherry Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with iron-rich inclusions/dye)
Aventurine Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Strawberry Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite or Goethite inclusions
Banded agate pendant (likely carnelian or brown-and-white chalcedony agate)
Agate, a banded variety of chalcedony; microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide coloration
Polished milky quartz (likely quartz worry stone or wand)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
White quartz pebble
Quartz (SiO₂), likely milky quartz
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Opalite
Synthetic opalescent glass
Goldstone
Aventurine glass
Red Sandstone or Brick Fragment
Arenite (if sandstone)
Slag Glass
Silicon dioxide with impurities
Iron-rich meteorite candidate
Unclassified stony-iron or iron meteorite fragment
Likely tumbled or cut quartz/chalcedony fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂), probably microcrystalline quartz or quartz
Cullet Glass (Man-made Glass Slag)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with chemical additives
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Pyrite
Iron Sulfide (FeS2)
Quartz Vein in Host Rock
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) veins in metamorphic/igneous host rock
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Possible weathered metal-rich rock or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly iron-oxide-rich breccia or industrial slag
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Copper Ore (likely Malachite or Chrysocolla staining)
Copper Secondary Mineral (e.g., Cu2CO3(OH)2)
Pumice
Pumicite (Amorphous volcanic glass)
Green Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica glass)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Dolerite (Diabase)
Dolerite / Diabase
Bauxite
Bauxite (Al(OH)3, AlO(OH))
Quartz vein in Host Rock
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) in Lithic Matrix
US Penny
Cuprum (Copper: Cu) and Zincum (Zinc: Zn) Alloy
Likely small metallic meteorite fragments
Unclassified iron or stony-iron meteorite; mineralogy cannot be confirmed from the image
Bismuth
Bismuth (Bi)
Pink Quartz / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Obsidian (Blue)
Volcanic Glass (SiO2)
Blue Cracked Quartz (Dyed Fire Crackle Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
Citrine Quartz
Citrine (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8)
Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Quartzite
Quartzite (SiO2)
Cullet Glass (Strawberry Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic dopants
White Marble
Recrystallized Calcite (CaCO3)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica / Glass residue
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass