Hey! You don't need to be a genius to know where to get the best wallpaper on the internet, for free even!

    To download any of these wallpapers, left click on the thumbnail image to enlarge the photo, then right click on the larger image. Click on the "save picture as" instructions from the drop down box, decide where to store your image (I use a separate folder simply called "wallpaper" which I keep in a folder in my documents), and name the image in whatever way you wish. Or, you may decide to just set it directly from here as a background instead. That option should be offered by your internet browser when you right click on the larger image as well. All of them have been selected with the particular use of desktop wallpaper in mind, so backgrounds and positions of gems were considered, and altered wherever possible. Download them all, and change them often. They'll brighten your desktop, and who knows?...Maybe even your day!

  Selenite a.k.a. Desert Rose

  Ametrine finished gem

  Ametrine rough

Aquamarine crystal points with 25 carat sphere

  Aquamarine rough with calcite deposit

  Aquamarine geode with crystal points

  Aquamarine teal-green finished gem...spectacular!

  Aquamarine white finished gem...must have, beautiful effects.

  Carnelian finished gem...really slick...almost wet.

  Charoite from Russia finished gem, with "shooting star" special effects

  Coral in contrast

  Fluorite....one of my favorites.

  Three piece garnet collection....something different....came out great.

  Hessonite finished gem....a seldom-seen member of the garnet family

  Hiddenite....a seldom-seen gem period....sister gem to kunzite.

  Iolite very close shot

  Kunzite....in a very seldom seen cabochon form....very cool

  Kunzite finished gem....pretty in pink

  Kunzite cylinder-form of rough

  Labradorite finished gem....actually called "Spectrolite"....from Finland....great look

  London blue topaz....my favorite gem....7 carats finished....must have this one.....

  Pearl solitaire....so soft and creamy and inviting....great shot

  Fire opal....very special contrasting effects makes this one stand out....

  Fire opal....this time in its own matrix (or host rock)....unusual find....get it now....

  Oregon opal rough....from Opal Butte, Oregon....one of the most beautiful of all....

  Peridot finished gem....in very special lighting effects....different than all the rest....

  Pink sapphire finished gem....simply beautiful in its own right.

  Pink tourmaline finished gem....in the spotlight....elongated baguette....unusual

  Quartz mineral group shot....something really different for your collection....

  Green-gold quartz...."Oro Verde"....another very different gem....another must have

  Rose quartz....another of my favorite gems....unusual facet grade rough....pink

  Rose quartz finished gem....in its normally seen form....cabochon....more red....

  Rhodolite....another member of the garnet group....beautiful wine color....nice shot.

  Staurolite....very cool gem....comforting or scary....you decide....finished state....

  Sunstone finished gem....facet grade....from Oregon....unusual and very cool....

  Tanzanite grouping....including zoisite....parent of tanzanite....interesting shot....

  Pink tourmaline....fairly large piece of rough....calling October babies....pink again.

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