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Mineral Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery: Mineral Photographs and Chemical Composition

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Welcome to the mineral photo gallery. Minerals are natural inorganic chemical compounds. These are photographs of minerals, along with a look at their chemical composition.

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Agate is chalcedony that displays concentric banding.AgateAmethystAmethystAlexndrites display color changes when viewed under different types of light.AlexandriteAmetrine is also called trystine or bolivianite.Ametrine
Apatite is the name given to a group of phosphate minerals.Apatite CrystalsAquamarine is a translucent pale blue or turquoise variety of beryl.AquamarinePure arsenic is found in many forms, or allotropes, including yellow, black, and gray.ArsenicAventurine is a form of quartz which contains mineral inclusions that give a glistening effect.Aventurine
"Velvet Beauty" azurite from Bisbee, Arizona, US.AzuriteCrystals of azurite.AzuriteThese are blue crystals of the rare mineral benitoite.BenitoiteBeryls (emeralds) from the Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite, NC.Rough Beryl Crystals
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