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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Hall of Gems

by Ryan Somma

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Azurite with malachite
Hope Diamond
Quartz
Copper
The Many Faces of Crystals
Sandstone Concretion
Danburite
Mineral, Crystal, or Gem?
Vanadinite with romanenchite
Scolecite
Stibnite
Calcite with chalcopyrite
Calcite with duftite inclusions
Calcite
Beryl (var. aquamarine)
Okenite with gyrolite
Meta-autunite
Wulfenite
Rhodochrosite with arsenopyrite
Quartz (coating calcite)
Smithsonite
Chrysotile
Celestite
Sulfur
Celestite with aragonite
Fluorite
Fluorite
Cuprite and Malachite (coating cuprite)
Calcite with sand inclusions
Halite with sand inclusions
Gypsum
Barite with sand inclusions
Malachite
Calcite, managanoan
Elbatite (with albite and quartz)
Unknown
Gold
Azurite with malachite
Malachite
Azurite
Sulfur
Magnetite Lodestone
Fluorite with sphalerite and barite
Stibnite
Lava Columns
Geyserite
Clay Concretions
Diamond and Graphite Atomic Structures
Trilobyte Fossil
Azurite
Vauxite
Lunar Ferroan Anorthosite 60025
Beryl (var. red beryl)
Fluorite with barite
Rhodochrosite
Heminmorphite (after calcite) with greenockite
Elbaite (with lepidolite)
Fluorite
Kyanite (with quartz)
Elbaite (with albite)
Beryl (var. aquamarine) with muscovite
Microcline with albite
Calcite
Elbaite
Hope Diamond