10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth

10 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 (like the Uranium-containing cuprosklodowskite you see above) and the results are crazy awesome.

Top picture: Uranium-containing cuprosklodowskite.


Adamantane (by sublimation)

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Bismuth

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Titanium crystals (by electrolysis)

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Andersonite

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Plain old gold

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Vanadinite crystals on white barite

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Muonionalusta meteorite

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Karpatite

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Uvarovite

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth


Bonus Non-mineral: Thenoic acid

10 Beautiful Minerals You Won’t Believe Are Found On Earth

Pictures: Ryoji Tanaka


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