Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Category
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Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Dyed Tumbled Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Likely limonite/goethite-bearing material; exact identification requires testing
Small gray translucent stone, possibly quartz or glassy mineral
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient for definitive identification
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Feldsphathic Igneous Rock
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product / Silicate Slag
Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Unidentified dark, flat specimen
Indeterminate; image resolution is insufficient for mineral identification
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Carnelian
Carnelian (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with Hematite impurities)
Small metallic-gold mineral fragment, possibly pyrite
Pyrite (FeS₂), if confirmed
Concrete or artificial stone core sample
Artificial conglomerate
Blue Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Red Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite
Pink Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial dyes
Dragon Vein Agate (Dyed/Treated)
Agate (SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (likely artificially dyed or altered)
Basalt with plagioclase phenocrysts (likely treated)
Lemon Quartz (Orizaba/Citrinated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities/treatment
Polished botryoidal jasper/chalcedony (likely ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Tumbled blue-green chalcedony (likely dyed agate or chrysoprase)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Blue quartz (likely tumbled dyed or coated quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Dyed Alum or Dyed Quartz (Ornamental Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Alum [KAl(SO4)2·12H2O]
Green agate/geode slab
Cryptocrystalline quartz (chalcedony), SiO₂, likely agate with druzy quartz
Carnelian Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety of Chalcedony
Tumbled quartz-rich pebble
Likely quartz-bearing chert or jasper; primarily microcrystalline SiO₂
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Iridescent bismuth crystal
Bismuth (Bi), commonly laboratory-grown and oxide-coated
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Siliceous industrial waste)
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
Druzy chalcedony pendant, likely coated or dyed
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), chalcedony with druzy quartz; surface may have titanium or metallic coating
Likely ironstone concretion or weathered iron-rich rock
Goethite/hematite-bearing limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O / Fe₂O₃)
Purple Dyed Agate Geode (Banded Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety: Agate
Clear Quartz (Milky Quartz pebble)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete
Polished black stone, likely black jasper or basalt
Most likely microcrystalline quartz (black jasper/chert), SiO₂; basalt is a plausible alternative
Dyed Agate
SiO2 (Chalcedony/Agate)
Citrine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Quartz (Citrine variety)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Tumbled agate/chalcedony pebble
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), likely brown/banded agate or jasper
Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (Chalcedony), SiO2