Pink Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial dyes
Category
Browse sedimentary (if natural jasper) or artificial (if slag) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Pink Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial dyes
Weathered iron-rich rock fragment
Likely limonite/goethite-bearing material; exact identification requires testing
Red Tiger's Eye
Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite (Silicon Dioxide: SiO2)
Peacock ore (iridescent bornite/chalcopyrite)
Bornite (Cu₅FeS₄), commonly sold as heat-treated chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂)
Amethyst (Cabochon)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities
Small metallic-gold mineral fragment, possibly pyrite
Pyrite (FeS₂), if confirmed
Unidentified dark, flat specimen
Indeterminate; image resolution is insufficient for mineral identification
Pink Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Variety Agate
Small gray translucent stone, possibly quartz or glassy mineral
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline quartz (SiO₂), but the image is insufficient for definitive identification
Dyed Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz (SiO2) with synthetic pigment
Dyed Pink Quartzite
Tumbled and Dyed Quartzite (SiO2 with dye treatment)
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2 with impurities)
Blue Banded Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - Chalcedony variety
Aura Quartz (Coated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) treated with metallic vapor
Clear Quartz Crystal
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Dragon Vein Agate (Dyed/Treated)
Agate (SiO2)
Slag
Ferrous Slag (Siliceous industrial waste)
Dalmatian Stone
Peralkaline Feldsphathic Igneous Rock
Possible tektite (natural impact glass)
Impact glass; composition and origin cannot be confirmed from the image
Polished botryoidal jasper/chalcedony (likely ocean jasper)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, with iron-oxide and other mineral inclusions
Green sea glass (likely bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a natural mineral
Rainbow-coated amethyst (likely treated quartz)
Quartz, SiO₂; purple color from iron-related defects. The iridescent surface appears artificially coated, often with a titanium-based film.
Dyed Blue Agate Slice
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial dye
Blue Agate (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Porphyritic Basalt (likely artificially dyed or altered)
Basalt with plagioclase phenocrysts (likely treated)
Slag (Industrial By-product)
Glassy silicate or metallic smelting residue
Carnelian
Carnelian (Silicon Dioxide - SiO2 with Hematite impurities)
Lemon Quartz (Orizaba/Citrinated Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron impurities/treatment
Red Tiger's Eye
SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Pseudomorph of Quartz after Crocidolite
Blue quartz (likely tumbled dyed or coated quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Blue Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Magnetic Hematite
Iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3) - Man-magnetized ceramic/barium ferrite composite
Purple Dyed Agate Geode (Banded Chalcedony)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety: Agate
Tumbled blue-green chalcedony (likely dyed agate or chrysoprase)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂; chalcedony/agate variety
Dyed Alum or Dyed Quartz (Ornamental Crystal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) or Potassium Alum [KAl(SO4)2·12H2O]
Rounded iron-rich stone, likely hematite-bearing sandstone or ironstone
Hematite/goethite-bearing ferruginous sandstone or ironstone; composition cannot be confirmed from appearance alone
Blue Obsidian (Cullet Glass)
Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous Glass)
Dyed Blue Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Quartz-rich river pebble
Likely quartz-rich granitic rock; mainly quartz (SiO₂), with possible feldspar and mica
Asphalt Concrete
Bituminous Concrete
Likely ironstone concretion or weathered iron-rich rock
Goethite/hematite-bearing limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O / Fe₂O₃)
Iron-rich concretion or weathered ironstone
Goethite–hematite-rich limonite (FeO(OH)·nH₂O / Fe₂O₃)