Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
gemstone
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Sea Glass
Man-made silicate glass weathering product
sedimentary
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
gemstone
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
gemstone
Green Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica glass)
gemstone
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
mineraloid / anthropogenic (man-made origin)
Man-made Carved Stone (Scream Mask/Skull motif)
Carved Soapstone or Serpentine-rich rock
Anthropogenic (Man-made artifact)
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
mineral
Bismuth Crystal
Bismuth (Bi)
mineral
Aura Rose Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with Titanium/Gold coating)
mineral
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
gemstone
Aura Quartz (Titanium-coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
mineral
Titanium Aura Quartz
Titanium-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
mineral
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
mineral
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
mineral
Fossiliferous limestone with colonial coral
Calcite (CaCO₃) limestone containing fossil tabulate or rugose coral colonies
fossil
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Libyan Desert Glass
Tektite (high-silica impact glass), SiO2
mineral
Zinc Alloy (Silver-plated)
Zinc Alloy Casting (Zn-Al-Mg-Cu)
mineral (refined metal)
Asphalt Concrete (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous aggregate
sedimentary
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
White quartz pebble or chip
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), possibly milky quartz
mineral
Unidentified translucent crystal/mineral fragment
Likely quartz (SiO₂), but visual identification is uncertain
mineral
Tumbled white chalcedony (likely milky quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂)
mineral
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (Quartz with Fuchsite inclusions), SiO2
metamorphic
Mohave Turquoise (Composite/Stabilized)
Hydrated copper aluminium phosphate (CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O) with stabilizing resin and metallic inclusions
mineral
Concrete
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate Composite
Anthropogenic Sedimentary (Man-made)
Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine Glass (Silicon Dioxide infused with Copper crystals)
mineraloid (man-made glass)
Green Quartz / Chrysoprase / Sea Glass
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Clear quartz fragment
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
mineral
Titanium Aura Quartz (Bismuth-coated Druzy)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal vapor coating
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineral
Chert (Arrowhead/Artifact Fragment)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
sedimentary
Clear quartz crystal
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
mineral
Magnetic Hematite (Man-made)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) with Barium-Strontium Ferrite
mineral
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Mineral Simulant (Synthetic Glass)