One of the most beautiful minerals I know is vanadanite. It compares to diotase and wulfenite. Bob generously gave Liam some minerals to kick start his own collection, and for his science fair project we were taking pictures of them.

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Reds are easy to juice up. The actual specimen is not quite a lusty a red as this, but many vanadanite crystals I’ve seen are, so this view is not far exaggerated.