In many places the wild flowers during the spring months cover the ground, painting it with a thousand dazzling or delicate hues.
The mineral products of Media are numerous and valuable.

Excellent stone of many kinds abounds in almost every part of the country, the most important and valuable being the famous Tabriz marble.

This curious substance appears to be a petrifaction formed by natural springs, which deposit carbonate of lime in large quantities.

It is found only in one place, on the flanks of the hills, not far from the Urumiyeh lake.

The slabs are used for tombstones, for the skirting of rooms, and for the pavements of baths and palaces; when cut thin they often take the place of glass in windows, being semi-transparent.