Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Synthetic (not a rock or mineral)
Category
Synthetic (Not A Rock Or Mineral)
Browse synthetic (not a rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Note: Item is not a geological specimen
Homo sapiens (Dermal Appendage: Pilus)
Organic / Biological
Metallic Ornament / Jewelry
N/A - This is an artificial object, not a geological specimen.
This appears to be a man-made metallic object, likely jewelry, not a natural rock, mineral, or geological specimen.
Note: Item is not a geological specimen
Guitar Components (Steel, Nickel, Plastic, Wood)
Synthetic/Consumer Product
Note: This is a Man-Made Object (Costume/Prop Patch)
Synthetic fiber and pigments (Cellulose/Plastic-based composite)
Non-geological
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Non-geological / Synthetic
N/A (Non-Geological Object)
N/A
Unable to Identify (Image Obscured)
Indeterminate
Quartz Druzy (on Matrix)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Not a geological specimen
N/A (man-made object)
N/A
Popcorn
Zea mays everta (P. Wilson) (Botanical name for the corn variety)
Organic/Biogenic
Unknown Organic Object (likely a berry or fruit)
Not applicable; this is not a geological specimen. If it were a cranberry, its scientific name would be Vaccinium macrocarpon; if a cherry, it would be Prunus avium or Prunus cerasus.
Organic Material (likely a fruit or berry)
Unidentifiable Specimen
Undetermined
Unknown
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
N/A
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
not a rock
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Man-made material (simulant/artifact)
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Not a rock
Green glass sphere/marble
Soda-lime glass (primarily SiO2, Na2O, CaO)
Man-made object (Simulant)
N/A - Image does not contain a rock or mineral
Anthropogenic textile material
Non-geological
Portable Ceramic Space Heater
Polished Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plastic with Ceramic Heating Elements
not a rock (synthetic/industrial object)
Granite (Leucogranite)
Felsic Plutonic Rock (Granite)
igneous
Limonite (Iron Ore)
Limonite; FeO(OH)·nH2O
mineral
Cubic Zirconia (as used in jewelry setting)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
mineral
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)
not a rock
Man-made Synthetic Material (Not a rock or mineral)
Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) / Faux Fur
Synthetic / Textile
Breccia
Breccia - Clastic sedimentary rock
sedimentary
Clear Quartz crystals on a Matrix base (Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Lava Stone and Chakra Beads
Basalt (with various mineral/synthetic beads)
igneous
The user-provided image does not contain a rock or mineral specimen
N/A
Clear Quartz (Druzy)
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Asphalt (Bituminous Concrete)
Bituminous mix / Anthropogenic conglomerate
man-made composite (lithified equivalent of sedimentary)
Silicon Carbide (Carborundum)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
mineral
Ruby (in costume jewelry context)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium impurities
mineral
Man-made Metal Pin (Non-geological)
Antimony-Lead Alloy or Zinc/Brass Base with Electroplating
Metal Alloy / Manufactured Artifact
Digital Multimeter (Synthetic Object)
Digital Multimeter (DMM)
not a rock
Mother of Pearl (Nacre)
Calcium Carbonate (primarily aragonite, with conchiolin)
Organic Gemstone/Biomineral
Quartz Druzy on Geode Fragment
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
Plastic Building Toy (Lego-style piece)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
not a rock/mineral