”Mineral” is not the first thing to come to mind when you hear the word “beauty,” and that‘s a pity because they look so, so pretty. This selection of some of the most beautiful minerals and stones in the world will be a feast for your eyes.

A mineral is a "naturally occurring substance that is solid and inorganic representable by a chemical formula, and has an ordered atomic structure." Rocks, unlike minerals, don't have a specific chemical composition, and can be made of both minerals or non-minerals. Although there are over 4,900 known types of minerals, the ones here are just the few beautiful ones.

Luz Opal With Galaxy Inside

Bismuth

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Worlds Biggest Amethyst Geode – The ‘empress Of Uruguay’

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Rose Quartz Geode

Fluorite

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Burmese Tourmaline

Jeffrey Hunt

Rhodochrosite

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Titanium Quartz

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Azurite

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Watermelon Tourmaline

Igor Schwartzmann

Uvarovite

R. Tanaka

Realgar On Calcite

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Crocoite

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Sunset Fire Opal

Jeff Schultz

Cobaltocalcite