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Rock Naturally occurring solid material consisting of one or more minerals.
 
Rock crystal Natural quartz which atoms or molecules have a definite, orderly atomic structure and an outward form bounded by smooth, plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged.
 
Ruby Glass Ruby-couloured glass obtained by adding copper, gold or cadmium selenide. After a series of experiments, since 1820, glass factories in Bohemia made Ruby glass of compound properties, that is, mixed with lead.
   

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