Man-made Synthetic Material (Not a rock or mineral)
Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) / Faux Fur
Synthetic / Textile
Category
Synthetic Material (Not A Rock Or Mineral)
Browse synthetic material (not a rock or mineral) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Bouncy Ball (Synthetic Rubber Polymer)
Polybutadiene / Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)
Synthetic material (Not a rock or mineral)
Synthetic Resin Charm (Seal Shape)
Polymer Resin with plastic glitter / Polyethylene terephthalate glitters
Synthetic material (Not a rock or mineral)
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.
Man-made Synthetic Material (Plastic/Composite)
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) or High-Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
Non-geological / Synthetic
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
N/A (Non-Geological Object)
N/A
Unable to Identify (Image Obscured)
Indeterminate
Note on Image Identification: Textile
N/A (Anthropogenic material)
not a rock
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
Cubic Zirconia
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral
Man-made Synthetic Material (Costume Faux Fur)
Synthetic Polymer (Polyester/Acrylic)
not a rock
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)
Clear Quartz crystals on a Matrix base (Geode fragment)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
mineral
Goldstone
Aventurine Glass (Man-made)
mineral
Unidentifiable Specimen
Undetermined
Unknown
Chipped Glass/Plastic Fragment
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) for glass (amorphous) or various polymer compounds for plastic
Man-made material (simulant/artifact)
Not a rock, mineral, or geological specimen
N/A
Dyed Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) - variety Chalcedony
mineral
Opalite (Synthetic Moonstone/Sea Opal)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) glass with metallic inclusions
Synthetic/Man-made Glass
Cubic Zirconia
Cubic Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral
Sandstone (likely Fossilized Wood or Concrete Simulacrum)
Arenite / Silicified Wood / Anthropogenic Concrete
sedimentary
Synthetic Sapphire and Ion-X Glass
Single-crystal Alumina (Al2O3) and Ion-strengthened Aluminosilicate Glass
mineral
Opalite
Man-made Glass (SiO2 + additives)
mineraloid (synthetic)
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
Synthetic Marbled Aggregate (Footwear Component)
Ethylene-vinyl acetate (Croslite™)
not a rock (man-made polymer)
Opalite
Man-made glass (traditionally simulated Opal)
mineral
Goldstone (Synthetic Aventurescence Glass)
Cuprous Aventurescent Glass (Silicon Dioxide with Copper inclusions)
mineraloid / man-made material
Goldstone (with Tiger's Eye and Quartz)
Aventurine glass (Synthetic SiO2 with Cu inclusions)
mineral
Portable Ceramic Space Heater
Polished Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Plastic with Ceramic Heating Elements
not a rock (synthetic/industrial object)
Goldstone
Avventurina (Cu + SiO2 glass)
mineral
Man-made Ceramic / Clay Figurine
Aluminosilicate Ceramic (Processed Clay)
Synthetic (not a rock or mineral)
Asphalt / Road Aggregate
Bituminous Conglomerate (synthetic)
sedimentary
Pearl and Garnet Glass
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) for pearl; Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) for glass
mineral and glass
Bituminous Coal
Organic-rich sedimentary rock (Complex hydrocarbons)
sedimentary
Cubic Zirconia (Simulated Diamond)
Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2)
mineral
Synthetic Wolf Plush (Non-mineral)
Canis lupus similis (Prop material: Polyester & Synthetic fibers)
Synthetic material/Textile