Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Silica Simulant)
mineral
Category
Synthetic Glass (Man Made)
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Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineraloid (synthetic)
Opalite
Man-made Glass (SiO2 + additives)
mineraloid (synthetic)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (typically Silica/Magnesium based with metal additives)
mineral
Opalite (a synthetic glass)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with various additives; not a true mineral but a man-made gem simulant
Mineral Simulant (Synthetic Glass)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions
man-made glass
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
man-made glass
Blue Goldstone
Auraventurine (Synthetic glass with cobalt and copper inclusions)
Synthetic (Man-made Glass)
Asphalt / Road Aggregate
Bituminous Conglomerate (synthetic)
sedimentary
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
gemstone
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Synthetic material (Not a rock or mineral)
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
man-made glass
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Mineraloid (Man-made Glass)
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass (SiO2 + additives)
mineraloid (man-made)
Opalite
Synthetic glass (SiO2 + metal additions)
mineraloid
Opalite
Synthetic Fluorescent Glass (SiO2 + impurities)
mineraloid (synthetic)
Goldstone
Aventurine glass (Synthetic glass with copper inclusions)
mineraloid / man-made glass
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
mineral (synthetic)
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Hydrated Crystalline Silicon Dioxide simulation)
mineral
Opalite (Man-made Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide Glass (SiO2 + metal oxides)
Synthetic Mineral Simulant / Glass
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
gemstone
Opalite
Man-made Synthetic Glass (Silicon Dioxide with metal additives)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Glass (Simulated Moonstone/Opal)
gemstone
ABS Plastic (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
(C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z
Synthetic Polymer (Synthetic Material)
Blue Goldstone
Synthetic Avanturine Glass (or Aventurine Glass)
Synthetic Glass
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass (Silicon Dioxide)
mineraloid (man-made)
Crackled Quartz (Dyed)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Goldstone
Avventurina (Man-made Glass with Copper inclusions)
mineral
Blue Goldstone
Aventurine Glass
Man-made glass (often grouped with minerals in lapidary)
Synthetic Resin / Plastic Figurine
Synthetic Polymer (Copolymer of Polyethylene or Resin)
Mineraloid-like Synthetic Material
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
gemstone
Ring with an Orange Inlay
N/A (Man-made object)
Man-made Object (Ring)
Dyed Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2)
mineral
Cubic Zirconia (Jewelry Setting)
Cubic Zirconia (ZrO2)
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Glass, SiO2 base with metallic inclusions
mineraloid (synthetic)
Carborundum (Silicon Carbide)
Silicon carbide (SiC)
mineral
Blue Sapphire (Synthetic or Man-made Glass Imitation)
Corundum (Al2O3) if natural; Lead-glass or Spinal if synthetic
mineral
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Mineraloid (Man-made)
Acrylic or Resin (Synthetic Imitation)
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) or Polyepoxide
Synthetic/Man-made Polymer