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80 Extremely Beautiful Minerals And Stones
CuriositiesAPR 11, 2015

80 Extremely Beautiful Minerals And Stones

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”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 neat. However, this selection of some of the pretty 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 these cool minerals, the ones here are just the most beautiful ones that our readers and we could find.
Check our compilation of beautiful rocks and pretty stones below!

#1 Sunset Fire Opal

Sunset Fire Opal
401points

#2 Luz Opal With Galaxy Inside

Luz Opal With Galaxy Inside
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376points

#3 Ocean Inside An Opal

Ocean Inside An Opal
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353points

#4 Bismuth

Bismuth
348points

#5 Lightning Ridge Black Opal

Lightning Ridge Black Opal
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314points

#6 Opal Fossil

Opal Fossil
unknown
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308points

#7 Worlds Biggest Amethyst Geode – The ‘Empress Of Uruguay’

Worlds Biggest Amethyst Geode – The ‘Empress Of Uruguay’
306points

#8 Rose Quartz Geode

Rose Quartz Geode
unknown
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305points

#9 Fluorite

Fluorite
286points

#10 Burmese Tourmaline

Burmese Tourmaline
271points

#11 Titanium Quartz

Titanium Quartz
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262points

#12 Scolecite

Scolecite
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257points

#13 Chrysocolla In Malachite

Chrysocolla In Malachite
253points

#14 Watermelon Tourmaline

Watermelon Tourmaline
250points

#15 Azurite

Azurite
250points

#16 Bismuth

Bismuth
230points

#17 Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite
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230points

#18 Uvarovite

Uvarovite
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200points

#19 Realgar On Calcite

Realgar On Calcite
193points

#20 Crocoite

Crocoite
165points
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