beauty less processed

When minerals form inside the earth, their atoms lock together to create crystals. Given sufficient space and other conditions, crystals can "grow" into a wide range of geometric forms with smooth surfaces.
A mineral crystal's atomic arrangement depends not only upon its chemical composition but also upon external forces, thereby revealing aspects of our planet's history. For example, pure carbon commonly crystallizes as graphite, one of the softest of known minerals. But tremendous heat and pressure can transform carbon crystals so that they form diamonds, the hardest of all minerals.

(ps. I didn't write that, I just copy/pasted it off a random gem website because I couldn't find the words to explain how a soup of minerals + time + external forces can create something so equisite and unique)

oh yeah, and same goes for everything..