Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
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Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Blue resin-coated or dyed stone cabochon
Likely dyed chalcedony/agate (microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂); exact material is uncertain from the image
Iridescent bismuth crystal
Bismuth (Bi), commonly laboratory-grown and oxide-coated
Industrial slag (iron/copper smelting slag)
Multiphase vitreous metallurgical slag; commonly iron-silicate glass with metal-oxide and metallic inclusions
Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Yellow Quartz (possibly dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
Sphalerite in Matrix (Polished Point)
Zinc sulfide (Zn,Fe)S
Peacock Ore (Bournite/Chalcopyrite)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or Acid-Treated Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Banded Agate (Dyed)
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide / Microcrystalline Quartz)
Bornite (Peacock Ore) / Acid-treated Chalcopyrite
Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue Dyed Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dyed Pink Agate (Crackled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Blue Dyed Agate Geode
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline Quartz), SiO2
Pumice or vesicular volcanic rock
Pumice; predominantly volcanic glass (silica-rich, commonly rhyolitic to dacitic)
Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂), smoky variety colored by irradiation-related defects
Tumbled smoky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), smoky variety
Peacock ore (bornite/chalcopyrite specimen)
Bornite, Cu₅FeS₄, commonly with chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂)
Polished basalt with chalcedony/agate vein
Basalt (fine-grained mafic volcanic rock) with microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂
Likely granitic rock fragment
Granite or granodiorite; quartz–feldspar–mica aggregate
Bornite (Peacock Ore)
Bornite (Cu5FeS4)
Rainbow Quartz (Fire and Ice Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled milky chalcedony (likely common opalite-like quartz)
Chalcedony, microcrystalline SiO₂; possibly pale common opal, hydrated SiO₂·nH₂O
Cullet Glass (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic oxide impurities
Polished black stone sphere (likely black basalt or black tourmaline)
Most likely fine-grained basalt (plagioclase–pyroxene); mineral identification is uncertain from the image alone
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Blue Agate
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dyed turquoise-colored lava stone beads
Vesicular basalt (scoria), commonly sold as dyed lava rock
Tumbled goldstone-like quartz pebble
Likely iron-stained quartz or jasper; exact identification requires testing
Polished pink gemstone, likely dyed quartz or chalcedony
Uncertain from image; possibilities include dyed quartz (SiO₂) or chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂)
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
Tumbled green aventurine (probable)
Quartzite dominated by quartz (SiO₂), with green mica/fuchsite or chlorite inclusions
Citrine (Heat-Treated Amethyst)
Quartz (SiO2)
Polished black-and-gold mineral fragment, likely chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂), possibly tarnished or coated
Unknown metallic sulfide-bearing rock, possibly chalcopyrite or bornite
Tentative: chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) or bornite (Cu₅FeS₄)
Orange chalcedony or weathered quartz pebble
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; possibly iron-oxide-stained chalcedony
Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Blue Agate (Tumbled and Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with likely organic dyes
Copper-bearing sulfide ore, likely chalcopyrite with iron oxides
Chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂), possibly associated with bornite (Cu₅FeS₄), pyrite, and limonite/goethite
Scoria (vesicular basalt)
Scoria; vesicular mafic volcanic rock, commonly basaltic in composition