Smoky-Citrine Quartz Crystals With A Framing Of Dolomite

Gateway to the Unknown Arches National Park, UT Credit: Jeff Berkes

Cassini: Saturn on May 21st 2016. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Amethyst Geode

Locality:  Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Antares

My last edit of this was crap so I deleted that post and here is a much better version. 

Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn

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Quartz with Hydrocarbon Inclusions

Locality:  Buhirmas, Koraro, Lasbela District, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Beryl var. Aquamarine with Mica, Schorl & Feldspar

Locality:  Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan

Cassini: Saturn, June 12th 2016

W00099641.jpg was taken on 2016-06-12 07:28 (UTC) and received on Earth 2016-06-12 14:57 (UTC). The camera was pointing toward SATURN, and the image was taken using the CL1 and IR1 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Centaurus A. Same object. Different wavelengths.

It’s scary to think most of our universe is invisible to us