There are over 4,900 known mineral types in the world, each a unique chemical combination compressed and brought to perfection by the pressure in the Earth’s crust. They come in an incredible variety of shapes and colors, with some of them even having some extraordinarily properties. Some have a taste, some are immune to acid and some are even radioactive! Regardless, they are all beautiful, stunning creations of nature that are just amazing to behold:
Uvarovite
Fluorite
Chlorites (Kammererite)
Hematite, Rutile, and Feldspar
Torbernite (radioactive)
Clinoclase
Vanadinite crystals on white Barite
Opal geode, closed and open
Blue Callaghanite on white Hydromagnesite
Silver Stibnite with Barite
Chalcanthite
Karpatite
Cacoxenite
Fluorite
Labradorite
Black Opal
Cuprosklodowskite (radioactive)
Fluorite
Bismuth
Opal
Tourmaline
Bayldonite
Osmium (the densest natural element)
Malachite
Emmonsite
Pallasite Meteorite
Boleite
Crocoit
