Photographer László Kupi gives us an amazing look at rare and unique minerals and crystals, from fluorite to malachite and back again. The minerals in question are sometimes as small as a few centimeters in size, but their detail and dramatic color and form look exquisite in these close-ups.
Check out the stunning collection on his website, which explore dozens of other fantastical minerals. Via Colossal:
Images © Copyright László Kupi. Images used with artist’s permission.
Rutile, Hematite with Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil. Courtesy of Stephanie Joplin Tabbah
Blue cap tourmaline from Dara-i-Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan. Courtesy of Green Mountain Minerals
Left: Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco. Courtesy of Mond Chang. Right: Multi-colored Elbaite from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Courtesy of GetGemstoned
Left: Scapter Amethyst from Goboboseb, Namibia. Courtesy of Creighton Beery. Right: Cyanotrichite from Quiglong, Guizhou, China. Courtesy of GetGemstoned
Left: Hematite from Cavradi, Switzerland. Private collection. Right: Gold on Quartz from the Mockingbird Mine, California. Courtesy of Kyle Kevorkian
Cobalt-bearing aragonite from Baiyangping ore field, Yunnan, China. Courtesy of Mond Chang
Pyromorphite from the Daoping Mine, Guanxi, China. Courtesy of Mond Chang
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite from Sweet Home Mine, Colorado. Courtesy of Kyle Kevorkian
Cobaltoan Calcite from Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Courtesy of Christophe Gobin Minerals
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3 Comments
Beauty from around the globe! Thanks for showing it. America needs to share the beauty rather than the ugliness of the election cycle!
Wow. These are stunning. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful nothing else to say just beautiful