Painted Rock / Geode Specimen
Silicon Dioxide with artificial pigment coating
Category
Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Painted Rock / Geode Specimen
Silicon Dioxide with artificial pigment coating
Blue Agate (likely Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Dyed Blue Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Dyed Purple Agate Sliced Tablet
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), variety Chalcedony
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
Polished jasper (likely brecciated or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides/hydroxides and possibly sulfide minerals
Dyed Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Titanium-Coated Hematite (Aura Hematite)
Titanium-bonded Hematite (Fe2O3 with a Ti coating)
Banded Agate (Dyed / Polished)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Red Painted Rock
Artificial Coated Lithic Fragment
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorants
Dyed Howlite (Turquenite)
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Dyed Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Green Quartz (likely Aventurine or Prasiolite)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Red Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide with iron inclusions)
Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Green Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Dyed Quartz / Rose Quartz Imitation
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Quartz (Citrine or Iron-Stained)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Blue Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Possible iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite/limonite-rich ironstone; exact identification requires testing
Asphalt Chunk (Bituminous Concrete)
Aggregated Bitumen / Artificial Breccia
Dyed Quartz Pendant
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Prasiolite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Blue Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety Agate
Dyed Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Rainbow Hematite (Titanium-Coated Hematite)
Titanium-treated Hematite (Fe2O3)
Pickled Dragon Eggs (Fictional Interpretation: Purple Agate or Amethyst Geodes)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon dioxide / Chalcedony (with heat/dye treatment) SiO2
Slag Glass
Silicon dioxide with impurities
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Tumbled orange chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Polished dark stone, likely basalt
Basalt, a fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, with possible olivine and magnetite
Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Howlite (Dyed)
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)