The Amazing Beauty of Minerals. |
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 colores 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:
Opal growth rings on tree fossils |
Uvarovite |
Fluorite |
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 |
samedi 12 juillet 2014
The Amazing Beauty of Minerals.
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