A Page of Fun Gemstones
A rare look at tabular wulfenite crystals
shown above
| Below I have put together some of the more strange and unusual gemstones from the collection of YourGemologist.com. I hope you enjoy them all here in one place. They can also be found throughout the pages of YourGemologist.com. If you have others to suggest please let me know and I will add them. If you want to learn more about these gems and minerals just click on their name and you will go to that page. |
Jurrasic
Park is alive and well in this 100 million year old amber!
How
about breakfast cereal in this 4 foot wide bowl of amethyst?
Itacolumite shown above....nature's only bendable rock!
A
large plate of muscovite...used for
widows before glass was available.
A bottom is a US quarter to show size of this sheet of muscovite.
Chrysoberyl
cat's eye opening and closing...is it watching you?
Flame structure of conch
pearl...can a pearl be on fire?
Star
trapiche emeralds...the most expensive
on the planet
Fire Agate....burning embers from
nature's own fireplace.
Flint...the sea sponge
that became a soldier, used for arrow heads and rifles
Fluorite...yes,
this is the same stuff in your toothpaste and your water supply!
Fugilite....when lightning strikes the
beach sands of Florida...don't be there.
Calcite...some cool demonstrations can
be done with your laser pointer.
Halite....this is what your table salt
looks like coming out of the ground.
Magnetite...earth's natural compass.
Maw Sit Sit...the name is stranger than
the stone.
Pumice...wash your hands before you eat
with nature's only floating rock.
A
rare quartz crystal with an included
forest.
Beautiful
rutile needles in quartz...what more
can I say?
Two
beautiful rhodochrosite crystals
from Peru.
Ruby rock...can you image a whole rock
formation made of rubies?
A
Holiday Rock of a perfect hexagonal red ruby crystal inside green
zoisite.
Nature's
perfection in a beautiful bipyramidal sapphire
crystal...untouched by man.
A
natural star ruby...another of nature's
perfect creations.
A
very rare bi-colored topaz. Only from
Russia.
A
natural trapiche emerald, wonder why
the Spanish named it after a wheel?
Tiny
transparent turquoise crystals...only
place found in the world: Virginia,USA