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Saturday, 1 June 2013

9 BEAUTIFUL MINERALS YOU WON’T BELIEVE ARE FOUND ON EARTH




We’ve all seen our fair share of rocks, and most of them aren’t that pretty. The ones that are though can be totally mind-blowing. Ryoji Tanaka, a Japanese photographer and chemist, likes to capture some of the most striking elements, minerals and compounds in close-up and the results are crazy awesome

Adamantane (by sublimation)

Adamantane (by sublimation)

Bismuth

Bismuth

Titanium crystals (by electrolysis)

Titanium crystals (by electrolysis)

Andersonite

Andersonite

Plain old gold

Plain old gold

Vanadinite crystals on white barite

Vanadinite crystals on white barite

Muonionalusta meteorite

Muonionalusta meteorite

Karpatite

Karpatite

Uvarovite

Uvarovite

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