Vesicular basalt
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and often olivine
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Vesicular basalt
Basalt, a mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and often olivine
Vesicular basalt (possibly slag-contaminated)
Basalt; chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene, with possible olivine and secondary minerals
Dyed Blue Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial dye
Blue goldstone beads
Man-made aventurine glass (silica glass with metallic copper inclusions), not natural lapis lazuli
Green Banded Agate
Cryptocrystalline microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Green Tiger's Eye
Quartz pseudomorph after crocidolite (SiO2)
Prasiolite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Likely weathered limestone or calcareous concretion
Calcite-rich carbonate rock; chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)
Titanium Quartz (Aura Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with Titanium
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
Tumbled quartz-rich stone, possibly druzy quartz or chalcedony
Quartz/chalcedony (SiO₂); exact identification is uncertain from the photograph
Concrete or asphalt-like aggregate surface with a dark fragment
Uncertain; likely artificial concrete containing mixed lithic aggregate, not a natural rock
Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial colorants
Dyed Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Leopard skin jasper (orbicular jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly with iron-oxide and other silicate inclusions
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
Conglomeratic aggregate / pebble-rich concrete-like rock
Polymictic conglomerate (likely glacial or beach-derived gravel matrix); exact identification uncertain from image
Blue Goldstone
Goldstone (artificial glass)
Dyed blue howlite or magnesite (tumbled stone)
Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅; commonly sold dyed blue to imitate turquoise
Tumbled chert or jasper pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), commonly called chert; opaque varieties are jasper
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Silica, SiO2)
Rounded metallic-looking pebble, likely iron-rich rock or slag
Uncertain; possible limonite/goethite-rich ironstone, hematite-bearing material, or industrial slag
Frosted Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Obsidian
Volcanic Glass (Amorphous)
Dyed Agate Slice
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed blue tumbled stone, likely howlite or magnesite
Howlite (Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅) or magnesite (MgCO₃), artificially dyed blue
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety Agate
Dyed Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Weathered stone, likely sandstone or altered volcanic rock
Indeterminate; possibly quartz-rich sandstone or weathered tuff
Pink Anthracite Coal (dyed)
Anthracite Coal (Artificially Colored)
Blue Howlite (Dyed)
Calcium Borosilicate Hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)
Dyed Agate (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Microcrystalline Quartz
Dalmation Stone (Dyed)
Peralkaline rhyolite
Weathered concrete or cementitious slab (not natural rock)
Artificial calcium-silicate cement composite; likely Portland cement concrete
Painted River Pebble (likely Basalt or Greywacke)
Aphanitic Lithic Clast with Anthropogenic Pigment coating
Fossiliferous limestone
Calcitic limestone, predominantly CaCO₃ (calcite), with possible shell or coral fossils
Dyed Chalcedony (Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Quartz (imitating Emerald/Green Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Orange Quartz (or Citrine Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Agate
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
Tumbled iron-rich stone, possibly jasper or weathered basalt
Indeterminate; likely iron-stained microcrystalline quartz (jasper) or altered basalt