Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
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Concrete
Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rock (Hydrated Calcium Silicate)
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
Crackle Agate / Dyed Quartz
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
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)
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dyes
Pink Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Polished black-and-brown river pebble
Likely altered basalt or hornfels; exact identification requires testing
Dyed turquoise-colored howlite or magnesite (likely imitation turquoise)
Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅; magnesite: MgCO₃
Pickled Dragon Eggs (Fictional Interpretation: Purple Agate or Amethyst Geodes)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Likely iron-rich slag or weathered ironstone
Hematite–goethite-rich material (Fe₂O₃/FeO(OH)); possibly industrial iron slag
Green Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly druzy quartz or chalcedony
Quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Painted River Rock
Artificially Coated Sedimentary Rock
Dyed Pink Agate (or Dyed Quartzite)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Prasiolite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Vesicular basalt (possibly slag-contaminated)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene, with possible olivine and secondary minerals
Conglomeratic aggregate / pebble-rich concrete-like rock
Polymictic conglomerate (likely glacial or beach-derived gravel matrix); exact identification uncertain from image
Vesicular basalt
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and often olivine
Likely weathered limestone or calcareous concretion
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Dyed blue howlite or magnesite (tumbled stone)
Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅; commonly sold dyed blue to imitate turquoise
Asphalt (Bituminous pavement fragment)
Artificial conglomerate / Bitumen-Aggregate mixture
Tumbled orange chalcedony or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely iron-stained chalcedony/jasper
Tumbled polymetallic mineral specimen, likely chalcopyrite-bearing ore
Probable chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) with quartz and iron-oxide minerals; exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorants
Dyed Blue Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial dye
Leopard skin jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide and other silicate inclusions
Tumbled chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert; opaque varieties are jasper
Dyed blue tumbled stone, likely howlite or magnesite
Howlite (Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅) or magnesite (MgCO₃), artificially dyed blue
Concrete or asphalt-like aggregate surface with a dark fragment
Uncertain; likely artificial concrete containing mixed lithic aggregate, not a natural rock
Weathered stone, likely sandstone or altered volcanic rock
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or weathered tuff
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety Agate
Blue Goldstone
Goldstone (artificial glass)
Dyed Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Blue Howlite (Dyed)
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)