hoplophilia:

Dragon’s Breath

themineralogist:

Uvite Tourmaline on Orthoclase (by schwigorphotos)

themineralogist:

Goshenite (a colorless variety of Beryl) from China under ultraviolet

M8 and M20 in CFHT Filters — Cesar Blanco

(via scinerds)

themineralogist:

Selenite under ultraviolet (by silvio steinhaus)

themineralogist:

Little white Corundum plates around a hexagonal prismatic Hematite crystal (0.6mm high)

themineralogist:

Osmium crystals twinning (by fluor_doublet)

mineralists:

Interesting pink Fluorite.

Looked for a source, and can’t find one? If someone can find the source we’ll link it.

mineralists:

Cuprian Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

mineralists:

Double terminated Rhodochrosite and Silver. Very neat!
Uchucchacua Mine, Peru

mineralists:

Extraordinary Blue Halite with Sylvite!
Intrepid Potash East Mine, New Mexico

1200gr or 6000 ct Largest Freeform Black Opal In The World

(via mineralia)

mineralists:

Tourmaline slices from Madagascar

mineralists:

Crystallized Ruby
Mogok

earthshaped:

Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz 

Kangjiawan, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Pref., Hunan Province, China