Jasper (Multi-colored) / Sea Glass Slag
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Iron Oxide
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Jasper (Multi-colored) / Sea Glass Slag
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities of Iron Oxide
Slag
Anthropogenic silicate slag
Blue slag glass or dyed glass-like industrial material
Amorphous silicate glass; likely copper-bearing blue slag, but possibly colored man-made glass
Iron Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate (Byproduct of Smelting)
Dyed Imperial Jasper
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Slag (Industrial Glass)
Artificial Vitreous Silicate
Dalmatian Jasper (Dyed Blue)
Peralkaline Rock with Arfvedsonite and Blue Dye
Cullet Glass / Slag Glass
Amorphous silica glass
Smelter Slag
Anthropogenic Silicate Slag
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline igneous rock containing quartz, feldspar, and arfvedsonite
Industrial slag (iron/copper smelting slag)
Multiphase vitreous metallurgical slag; commonly iron-silicate glass with metal-oxide and metallic inclusions
Vesicular volcanic scoria (likely weathered basaltic scoria)
Scoria; chiefly vesicular basalt, composed mainly of plagioclase, pyroxene, and iron-rich glass
Black volcanic glass (likely obsidian)
Obsidian; predominantly rhyolitic volcanic glass composed chiefly of amorphous SiO₂
Green obsidian (likely molded or heat-treated glass-like specimen)
Volcanic glass; predominantly rhyolitic composition (silica-rich amorphous SiO₂)
Blue slag-like mineral specimen, possibly bornite or chalcopyrite
Tentatively bornite (Cu5FeS4) or iridescent chalcopyrite (CuFeS2)
Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silicate material
Likely polished black-and-white stone fragment
Indeterminate from image; possibly tourmalinated quartz, black-and-white jasper, or coated stone
Painted Rock
Rock coated with synthetic acrylic paint
Purple Dyed Dalmatian Stone
Dyed Peralkaline Trachyte
Mixed Tumbled Gemstones
Various silicate and oxide minerals
Blue slag glass / industrial glass fragment
Artificial silicate glass, composition variable; likely copper- or cobalt-colored furnace slag
Asphalt Conglomerate
Artificial Bituminous Conglomerate
Purple Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Likely basalt fragment
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, commonly with olivine
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Magnesite (or Howlite)
Magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) / Calcium borosilicate hydroxide
Painted Garden Rock
Coated Siltstone or Mudstone
Red-and-blue jasper (likely ocean jasper or dyed/polished jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, chiefly SiO₂; jasper is an opaque chalcedony variety colored by iron oxides and other impurities
Obsidian (likely blue-sheen or coated obsidian)
Volcanic glass; primarily rhyolitic silica glass (SiO₂-rich, noncrystalline)
Dyed Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorant
Tumbled red jasper
Jasper, microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂) colored mainly by iron oxides
Concrete / Conglomerate (Man-made)
Artificial Conglomerate (Cementitious Composite)
Tumbled brown jasper / chert
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called jasper or brown chert
Polished leopard jasper (likely ocean jasper)
Silicified microcrystalline quartz/chalcedony; mainly SiO₂ with iron-oxide inclusions
Dyed Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Ferrochrome Slag
Anthropogenic silicate/oxide glass (Complex silicate matrix with Cr-Fe-Si inclusions)
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2
Possible flint or slag fragment
Microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony), or iron-rich industrial slag
Scoria (vesicular basalt)
Scoria; vesicular mafic volcanic rock, commonly basaltic in composition
Quartz Pebble (Chalcedony / Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Slag (Industrial Glass/Metal Waste)
Artificial silicate/ferro-silicate byproduct