“A fried chicken crystal is a funny meme,” she stated, “but it’s also a reminder of how close we really are to nature!” And it turns out, there are lots of crystals which are strikingly similar to foods.
“Some of my favorite are rhodochrosite (ham), watermelon tourmaline (Jolly Ranchers), banded calcite (pork), and azurite (blueberries),” Amelia noted.
The most incredible thing about these brightly colored crystals is “realizing that they came from the same earth that you and I did,” the crystal collector with 700 unique pieces in her archive concluded.
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