Dyed Agate / Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
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Dyed Agate / Quartz (Tumbled)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Dyed Quartz Cube
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Pink Agate Slice
Cryptocrystalline variety of Quartz (SiO2)
Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon dioxide / Chalcedony (with heat/dye treatment) SiO2
Blue Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Rainbow Hematite (Titanium-Coated Hematite)
Titanium-treated Hematite (Fe2O3)
Titanium Coated Agate Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
Tumbled blue stone, likely blue aventurine or dyed chalcedony
Aventurine quartz (SiO₂) or chalcedony (microcrystalline SiO₂); exact identification requires testing
Dyed Quartzite
Tumbled Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Polished jasper (likely brecciated or iron-rich jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by iron oxides/hydroxides and possibly sulfide minerals
Red Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (SiO2 with Fe2O3 inclusions)
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Amorphous calcium-magnesium-aluminum silicates)
Likely vertebra fossil or bone fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebra; mineralized hydroxyapatite, commonly Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
Dyed Purple Agate
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony with artificial dye)
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Iron-rich concretion or slag-like rock
Goethite–hematite limonite concretion, possibly iron slag
Aqua Aura Quartz
Titanium/Gold-coated Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
Dyed pink howlite (tumbled stone)
Howlite, Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅; likely dyed to imitate pink turquoise or rhodonite
Pink Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic pigment
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Titanium/Metal vapor coating
Polished druzy quartz specimen
Quartz (SiO₂), likely druzy quartz with possible blue chalcedony or inclusions
Tiger's Eye Beads
Silicon dioxide with crocidolite inclusions (SiO2)
Iron-rich slag or limonite-bearing rock
Hydrated iron oxides, chiefly limonite/goethite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O); possibly industrial iron slag
Beads (likely glass or man-made material)
N/A (artificial material)
Blue Dyed Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Quartz Crystals
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Dyed Crackle Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Slag Glass
Silicon dioxide with impurities
Blue Diamond
Carbon with Boron impurities (C)
Tumbled basalt (likely)
Basalt; fine-grained mafic volcanic rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, often with minor olivine and iron oxides
Concrete Paver (Artificial Cementitious Rock)
Hydrated Portland Cement Aggregate
Dyed Quartz (often sold as 'Blue Quartz' or 'Blue Agate')
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Purple Tiger's Eye
Silicon dioxide with crocidolite inclusions (SiO2)
Dyed Quartz (Candy Quartz / Aura Quartz Imitation)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Red Slag Glass
Amorphous Silica (Industrial byproduct with metallic oxide dopants)
Dyed Pink Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
Blue Dyed Quartzite
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Tumbled chalcedony or quartz fragment
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂ (probable chalcedony)
Dyed Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Iron-rich chert or jasper
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), colored by hematite/goethite inclusions