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 colors, with some of them even having some extraordinary 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
Chlorites (Kammererite)
Vanadinite crystals on white Barite
Clinoclase
Blue Callaghanite on white Hydromagnesite
Silver Stibnite with Barite
Chalcanthite
Cacoxenite
Fluorite
Labradorite
Fluorite
Bismuth
Opal
Tourmaline
Osmium (the densest natural element)
Bayldonite
Malachite
Pallasite Meteorite
