Whoever said Diamonds are a girls best friends, obviously had never seen any of these stunning natural wonders!
When we think of precious minerals and all those sparkly treasures that our wonderful Earth produces, then diamonds, rubies and emeralds may be something that springs to mind. There are so many beautiful naturally made minerals that we may be overlooking.
How about a Tourmaline encrusted engagement ring? Or a Bismuth bracelet? Hopefully this little gallery of some lesser known absolutely gorgeous stones and minerals will make you think who needs diamonds after all?
Sunset Fire Opal
Cobalto Calcite
Watermelon Tourmaline
Lightning Ridge Black Opal
The Empress Of Uruguay
Ocean Inside Of An Opal
Bismuth
Luz Opal
Opal Fossil
Bismuth
Carnelian
Titanium Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Alexandrite
Flourite
Azurite
Chrysocolla In Malachite
Crocoite
Scolecite
Realgar On Calcite
Rose Quartz Geode
Burmese Tourmaline
I am forever indebted to you for this inaofmrtion.