Mineral studies from photo reference

Here's another set of crystal studies I did from photo reference. This time around, I kind of went overboard with the detail and they ended up more hyper-real than painterly. I included the process GIFs to show that they are in fact painted and not just straight up photos, haha.
Photo references by:
Rudolf Watzl: https://www.saphiraminerals.com
Safaa Yu: https://www.instagram.com/safaayu0202/