Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
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Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Blue Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic glass)
Ferruginous Conglomerate (or Iron-Rich Concrete/Slag)
Clastic Sedimentary (Silicon Dioxide/Iron Oxide matrix)
Chert Arrowhead
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowheads)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Slag Glass
Man-made Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous)
Ferrocoke or Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical residue
Basalt
Basalt (Mafic Extrusive Igneous Rock)
Chert Arrowhead (Projectile Point)
Microcrystalline Quartz (Chert or Flint)
Green Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Glass
Slag (Industrial Glass/Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical byproduct
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic pyrometallurgical residue
Portable Ceramic Space Heater
Polished Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plastic with Ceramic Heating Elements
Cobalt Blue Slag Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (anthropogenic) with Cobalt additives
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate / Ferro-silicate Slag
Chert (Arrowhead Shard)
Microcrystalline silica (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead/Projectile Point)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Slag
Metallurgical by-product
Crackled Quartz (Blue Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with anthropogenic dye
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Amorphous calcium-magnesium-aluminum silicates)
Chert (Arrowhead/Tool variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Greenstone Celt (Polished Stone Axe)
Metamorphosed mafic rock (often Basalt or Diabase)
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic glass) - SiO2
Stainless Steel (Polished)
Ferrous Alloy containing Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Carbon (C)
Grooved Maun Ball (Maul/Hammerstone-like Concretion)
Calcareous/Ferruginous Concretion in Sandstone Matrix
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Chert / Flint Handaxe
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Arrowhead variety)
Chert (SiO2)
Iron-rich vesicular rock, possibly slag or weathered basalt
Identification uncertain; likely ferruginous basalt/ironstone, with possible anthropogenic iron slag
Chert Arrowhead
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Asphalt (Road Aggregate)
Bituminous Conglomerate / Asphalt Concrete
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (Man-made glass weathered by nature)
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement)
Bituminous concrete / Asphalt
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Artificial silicate/iron byproduct
Concrete Rubble with Aggregate
Hardened Portland Cement Paste with Coarse Aggregate
Chert (Arrowhead Preform or Point)
Chert (Microcrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Blue Dyed Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Clay Brick
Ceramic structural unit (Al2O3·2SiO2·2H2O as precursor)
Likely weathered metallic mineral or slag fragment
Uncertain; possibly limonite/goethite-coated iron mineral, or industrial iron slag
Sea Glass (Frosted Glass Fragment)
Amorphous Silica (Anthropogenic Sediment)
Leland Blue Stone
Anthropogenic Iron Smelting Slag