Opalite
Synthetic Opalite Glass
mineraloid (man-made)
Category
Synthetic Glass (Often Categorized As A Simulated Mineral)
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Goldstone (Brown)
Aventurine glass
mineraloid (man-made)
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made)
mineral
Blue Opal Inlay (Simulated/Lab-created)
Hydrated Amorphous Silica (SiO2·nH2O) with polymer resin
mineraloid
Yellow Jasper (Limonite-stained Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Limonite/Goethite inclusions
sedimentary
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
not a rock
Opalite
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Green Glass (often marketed as 'Obsidian' or 'Green Quartz')
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with copper or chromium additives
Mineraloid (Man-made)
Cobalt Glass Slug (Man-made Glass)
Amorphous Silica with Cobalt Oxide (SiO2 + CoO)
mineraloid
Opalite
Synthetic Opalite (Man-made glass)
mineral
Clear Quartz crystals on a Matrix base (Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Opalite crescent pendant
Opalite (man-made opalescent glass; not a natural mineral)
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass / Man-made Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic Opalized Glass
gemstone
Opalite
Synthetic opalescent glass
glass
Costume Jewelry with Synthetic Gemstones
Synthetic Cubic Zirconia and Glass (SiO2 / ZrO2)
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Glass (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
mineral
Cherry Quartz with Rose Quartz
Crystalline Quartz (SiO2) with glass-based synthetic components
gemstone
Strawberry Quartz (or Sunstone / Tumbled Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Hematite/Lepidocrocite inclusions
mineral
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with crystalline copper/cobalt inclusions
mineral
Opalite (Synthetic Opalized Glass)
Synthetic Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass
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)
Opalite
Synthetic glass / Opalized glass
gemstone
Pink/red faceted gemstone, likely synthetic ruby or pink sapphire
Corundum, aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃); likely lab-grown or treated material
gemstone
Ruby (in costume jewelry context)
Corundum (Al2O3) with Chromium impurities
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
glass
Blue Goldstone
Man-made glass with cobalt and metal flecks
man-made glass
Garden Quartz (Lodalite)
Silicon Dioxide with various mineral inclusions (SiO2)
mineral
Opalite
Synthetic Opalised Glass
mineraloid (synthetic)
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2)
mineral
Milky Quartz
Crystalline Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Amber
Succinite (organic mineraloid); Chemical formula: C10H16O
mineral
Opalite
Synthetically produced glass (Silicon Dioxide with metallic inclusions)
Mineraloid (Man-made Glass)
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (SiO2 + Cu small inclusions)
man-made glass mineral simulant
Dendritic Agate
Silicon Dioxide with Iron or Manganese Oxides (SiO2)
gemstone
Blue opalite (often sold as synthetic opal)
Opalite glass; amorphous hydrated silica if natural opal (SiO₂·nH₂O)
gemstone
Strawberry Quartz and Rose Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
mineral
Chert (Yellow or Tan Chert)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
sedimentary
Cubic Zirconia (CZ)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral
Opalite
Opalescent Glass (SiO2 + coloring agents)
Mineral (Synthetic/Man-made)
Opalite
Man-made opalescent glass
gemstone
Smoky Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral