You Won’t Believe This 29 Mineral Specimens Can Be Found On Earth. So Strikingly Stunning!

Our world is blessed with the abundance of natural treasures. We have scenic landscapes, spectacular bodies of water, timeless structures and precious minerals.

Minerals are among the most aesthetic objects in nature. They are normally crystalline and are formed through natural and geological processes and they are often used in the construction of almost every object we see and use everyday. But how do they really look like?

Here are some of the world’s most pristine treasures – mineral specimens that are stunningly beautiful:

#1. Aquamarine on Muscovite from Nagar Region, Pakistan.

#2 . Bayldonite from Tsumib, Namibia.

#3. Bismuth, the most diamagnetic of all metals.

#4. Lighhtning Ridge Black Opal from New South Wales, Australia

#5. Blue Callaghanite on White Hydromagnesite

#6. Blue Halite with Sylvite

#7. Boleite (Hydrated Lead Copper Silver Chloride Hydroxide)

#. Cacoxenite

#9. Chalcanthite (Hydrated Copper Sulfate), one of few water soluble sulfate minerals.

#10. Clinoclase (Copper Arsenate Hydroxide)

#11. Crocoite (Lead Chromate)

#12. Cuprosklodowskite (Hydrated Copper Uranyl Silicate), one of the brightest green mineral in the world.

#13. Emmonsite (Hydrated Iron Tellurite)

#14. Fluorite (Calcium Fluoride)

#15. Hematite, Rutile, and Feldspar

#16. Kammererite

#17. Karpatite

#18. Labradorite (Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

#19. Malachite (Copper Carbonate Hydroxide)

#20. Opal Geode

#21. Opal

#22. Osmium

#23. Pallasite Meteorite, named after German naturalist Peter Pallas.

#24. Silver Stibnite with Barite

#25. Torbernite (Hydrated Copper Uranyl Phosphate)

#26. Tourmaline

#27. Tree Fossils with Opal Growth Rings

#28. Uvarovite (Calcium Chromium Silicate)

#29. Vanadinite Crystals on White Barite from Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco.