Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
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Man-made Glass (Tumbled/Shaped)
Amorphous Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metal oxide colorants
Man-made Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Glassy Residue
Man-made Crystal (Lead Glass)
Lead oxide-doped Silica Glass (approx. SiO2 + PbO)
Man-made Dyed Aura Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with metallic coating/dye
Conglomeratic Sandstone
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Blue sea glass or blue glassy mineral fragment
Uncertain; likely man-made soda-lime glass, not a natural mineral
Blue glassy fragment among beach gravel
Likely cobalt-blue man-made glass; not a natural mineral specimen
Opalite
Man-made synthetic glass with opalescent effects (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Slag Glass (Cullet)
Amorphous Silica (man-made), primarily SiO2 with trace metal oxides
Libyan Desert Glass
Impact-melt silica glass (SiO2 + traces of Al, Fe, Ti)
Fired Clay Brick (Anthropic Rock substitute)
Anthropogenic polycrystalline ceramic (predominantly Mullite and Quartz: Al6Si2O13 + SiO2)
Quartz Pebble in Sandstone matrix
Quartz Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix)
Goldstone (brown goldstone)
Man-made aventurine glass, typically copper-bearing silica glass
Green sea glass (likely slag glass or bottle glass)
Man-made soda-lime silicate glass; not a naturally occurring mineral
Green Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (man-made glass), SiO2 + additive metal oxides
Weathered conglomerate pebble
Polymict conglomerate, likely ferruginous and quartz-rich
Green Agate
Silicon dioxide (SiO₂)
Pebble / Gravel
Clastic Sedimentary Specimen (likely Limestone or Quartzite base)
Rounded conglomeratic river pebble
Polymict conglomerate (lithified gravel), composition uncertain from image
Jasper Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Jasper Conglomerate (Siliceous Sedimentary Rock)
Jasper Conglomerate (specifically Puddingstone)
Jasper Conglomerate (Siliceous sedimentary rock)
Agate (Puddingstone style)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with impurities
Dyed Crackle Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with synthetic dye
Chert Conglomerate (Potomac Puddle Stone)
Sedimentary Conglomerate with Iron-Oxide matrix
Conglomerate (or Breccia / Porphyry)
Clastic Sedimentary Rock (Conglomerate / Sandstone)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Chert (Yellow Jasper/Quartzite Pebble)
Microcrystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sedimentary Pebble
Sedimentary Rock Fragment
Possible weathered basalt or slag fragment
Basalt, chiefly plagioclase and pyroxene; identification is uncertain from the image
Metal Chain (Likely Steel or a Steel Alloy)
Steel (primarily iron and carbon); specific alloy unknown
Weathered conglomeratic river pebble
Polymictic conglomerate, likely ferruginous chert/sandstone matrix
Chert Breccia
Brecciated Chert
Dyed Dragon Vein Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with artificial pigment
Quartz pebble
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Brecciated rock (possibly fault breccia)
Polymictic breccia; exact lithology cannot be determined from the photograph
Conglomeratic gravel / pebble-rich concrete-like rock
Polymictic conglomerate (likely an unconsolidated gravel surface; exact identification uncertain from the image)
Breccia
Breccia (Clastic sedimentary rock)
Goldstone (aventurine glass)
Man-made copper-bearing glass; not a natural mineral (commonly sold as blue/brown goldstone)
Fragmented Sedimentary Pebble
Clastic Sedimentary Specimen
Polygenetic Conglomerate (Puddingstone)
Conglomerate (SiO2 matrix with mixed clasts)
Quartz-rich breccia or conglomerate
Siliciclastic conglomerate/breccia, predominantly quartz and feldspar clasts in a rusty iron-oxide cement