20 most beautiful stones and minerals (23 photos)

What do you say to the fact that many rocks and minerals on Earth are 4 billion years old? This confirms the fact that they formed almost simultaneously with our planet. Their composition, species have hardly changed, but there is also a younger generation of them.





Opals come in a variety of shades, gradients



The semi-precious mineral larimar can be found in the Dominican Republic. It can be light blue, greenish-blue, white and dark blue





And this stone is a bizarre shape of a Labrador dog's head. It was found in the province of Labrador. The rock is called "labradorite"



What's not to like about a bouquet for your beloved? Amethyst cluster from Uruguay. And it will never fade



You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but it's a hard Mesolithic mineral



Labradorite has a special feature - an internal rainbow radiance



Indian Chalcedony: The Main Thing Is Not to Put in a Fruit Bowl



Tourmaline Crystals from Brazil



Pyrite is translated from Greek as a stone, striking fire



The mudstone seems unsightly, but the flower-like celestite crystals give it a special charm



It would be just nickel if not for the inclusions of crystals olivine



Hemimorphite from Mexico: why not replace snowflakes for warm climates





Rainbow obsidian is impregnated with a special magic



The mineral rhodochrazite is known as the rose of the Incas



A type of quartz crystal, one of the most common minerals on earth core



The first mentions of agate date back to the 3rd century BC.



An opal quartz druse, although you might think that it couldn't have been done without a photo editor



Kunzite is an expensive mineral that is mined mainly in Afghanistan. Named after scientist George Kunz, who first described it in 1902



Rhyolite on the outside, opal on the inside: you wouldn’t know it was a hard rock



Rhodochrosite is just like cake



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