25 Unbelievably Beautiful Stones And Minerals
Minerals are “naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, and has an ordered atomic structure.” While there are over 4,900 different types of stones and minerals, the ones pictured below absolutely took our breath away. Do you have a picture of a beautiful stone or mineral? Share it with us in the comments below!
1. Crocoite
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2. Rhodochrosite
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3. Tourmaline On Quartz With Lepidolite and Cleavelandite
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4. Cobaltocalcite
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5. Crocoite
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6. Fluorite/quartz/pyrite Combination
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7. Uvarovite
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8. Realgar On Calcite
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9. Bismuth
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10. Rhodochrosite
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11. Azurite
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12. Watermelon Tourmaline
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13. Titanium Quartz
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14. Chrysocolla In Malachite
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15. Scolecite
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16. Burmese Tourmaline
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17. Rose Quartz Geode
18. Fluorite
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19. Opal Fossil
20. Worlds Biggest Amethyst Geode – The ‘Empress Of Uruguay’
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21. Lightning Ridge Black Opal
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22. Ocean Inside An Opal
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23. Luz Opal With Galaxy Inside
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24. Bismuth
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25. Sunset Fire Opal
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