Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
man-made glass
Category
Sedimentary (Man Made Composite)
Browse sedimentary (man made composite) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Learn about Sedimentary (Man Made Composite) in the encyclopedia
View all →
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
gemstone
Aluminum Slag
Anthropogenic Aluminum (Al)
mineral
Dzi Bead (Etched Chalcedony)
Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with chemical etching
mineral
Cullet (Slag Glass)
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various metal oxide colorants
mineraloid / anthropogenic
Dragon's Breath (Mexican Opal Glass)
Artisan Foil Glass (SiO2 based)
mineraloid
Milky quartz
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂)
mineral
Sea Glass
Amorphous silicon dioxide (man-made glass weathered by nature)
mineral
Polished opalite (likely man-made opalescent glass)
Opalite is a commercial name, not a mineral; typically opalescent glass, often soda-lime silicate glass
mineral
Polymictic conglomerate or breccia (possibly concrete-like aggregate)
Lithified polymictic gravel; clasts may include basalt, granite, quartzite, and other silicates
sedimentary
Slag
Anthropogenic Vitreous Silica/Iron oxides
mineral-like byproduct
Lava Rock with Fabric Impression
Scoria or Basalt with anthropogenic impressions
igneous
Quartz crystal fragment (likely milky quartz)
Quartz, silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
mineral
Dalmatian Stone
Dalmatian Jasper (a misnomer for an Aplite with Arfvedsonite spots)
igneous
Small rounded mineral pebble, possibly quartz
Uncertain; likely microcrystalline or crystalline SiO₂ (quartz), potentially with iron-oxide staining
mineral
Titanium Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) coated with Titanium and Niobium
mineral
Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica-based glass)
mineral
Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with metallic copper
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Glass / Man-made Opal Simulant
gemstone
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline-to-massive variety
mineral
Tumbled milky quartz pebble
Quartz (silicon dioxide, SiO₂), opaque-to-translucent milky variety
mineral
Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with copper crystals
mineral
Blue Sandstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
gemstone
Goldstone
Man-made glass containing cuprous oxide
gemstone
Goldstone
Man-made glass infused with copper particles
gemstone
Opalite-style glass pendant
Man-made opalescent glass (not natural opal)
mineral
Blue opalite glass cabochon (likely imitation opal)
Man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral
gemstone
Opalite glass sphere (likely synthetic imitation)
Man-made opalescent glass; not natural opal
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Opalized Glass (Synthetic Glass)
gemstone
Green Sea Glass
Man-made vitreous material (silica glass)
gemstone
Terrazzo (Synthetic Composite Rock)
Cementitious or Epoxy Resin-bound Aggregates
Man-made metamorphic-style composite
Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic vapor coating
mineral
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
man-made glass
Red-orange jasper pebble (tentative)
Microcrystalline quartz, SiO₂, colored mainly by iron oxides
mineral
Tumbled milky quartz
Quartz — silicon dioxide (SiO₂), cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline variety possible
mineral
Green Aventurine
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions of Fuchsite (K(Al,Cr)2AlSi3O10(OH)2)
metamorphic
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Porcelain (White Ceramic)
Mullite-bearing Vitrified Ceramic (Major phases: Mullite Al6Si2O13, Glassy Silica SiO2)
metamorphic
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Synthetic/Man-made Polymer