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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Amethyst Geode table Decoratie Object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A high quality substantial geode is shown here, the heavily agatised borders beautifully polished. The very top of the geode has been carefully removed to expose the inner intense pu...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Quartz
Malachite and Chrysocolla From Democratic Republic of the Congo
Located in New York, NY
Malachite and Chrysocolla from Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
Large polished free form botryoidal specim...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Sunray on a Blue Celestite Sphere with Blue Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf sunray mounted on a blue celestite sphere and wrapped in perfectly coordinating blue preserved coral.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray was once a par...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
Gogotte de Fontainebleau
Located in MILL, NL
Gogotte de Fontainebleau
Highly unique.
Gigantic fragment of Gogotte de Fontainebleau on custom stand.
A Gogotte de Fontainebleau is a natural sandstone formation that originated ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
$35,384
18th Century Italian Scroll Fragment on a Red and White Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded scroll fragment mounted on a polished red and white hematoid quartz heart. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbo...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
111.33 Gram Stunning Bi Color Tourmaline Crystal from Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Stunning Bi-Color Tourmaline Crystal From Afghanistan
WEIGHT: 111.33 grams
DIMENSIONS: 8.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 Cm
ORIGIN: Kunar, Afghanistan
TREATMENT: None
Tourmaline is an extremely...
Category
Afghan Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Bicolot elbaite on matrix
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary specimen featuring vertically aligned, gem-quality
bicolor elbaite tourmaline rising through a sculptural matrix of bladed
white cleavelandite and glassy quartz.
Th...
Category
Pakistani Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Purple Amethyst Crystal Rock Calcite Mineral Art Decorative Object, Sculpture
Located in London, GB
An incredible amethyst formation with central calcite "arch" and calcite spear.
Two special calcite formations are shown here; the first is a beautiful arch covered with a blanket...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Large Fossil Ammonite Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras on Artistic Display Matrix
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Fossil Ammonite Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras on Artistic Display Matrix. About 110 million years old. This is a lovely display ammonite nicely recovered and given an aestheti...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Blue Barite From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb incredible new blue Barite that have been discovered this p...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
$7,500
18th Century Italian
Florence Fragment
with an Ammonite and Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence Fragment" candlestick base mounted and adorned with quartz crystals and topped with an ammonite.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. It is part of the The Florence Fragment Collection which is exhibiting with Museo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy this fall. This is a collection of historical fragment...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Coral, Gold Leaf
Blue Grey Agate Geode Calcite White Quartz Decorative object Sculpture Crystal
Located in London, GB
Bordered by a thick, blueish agate layer, this wonderful slice preserves an interior
of large white quartz crystals with a prominent centr...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
10.75" Polished Ammonite Shell Fossil Cleoniceras Species, 100 million+ yrs old
Located in Warrenton, OR
10.75" Polished Ammonite Shell Fossil Cleoniceras Species, Over 100 Million Years Old. A truly spectacular ammonite in both size and appearance. Weighing almost 8 pounds, with subtle...
Category
European Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Sky-blue Aragonite Mineral Specimen – Wenshan Mine, China
Located in Edison, NJ
Aragonite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is elementally identical to calcite but is considerably rarer due to the very specific geological conditions required for it...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Large Ammonite Fossil Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras Drakeoceras Maximum
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Ammonite Fossil Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras Drakeoceras Maximum. About 110 million years old.
At nearly eleven inches, this is a substantial and beautiful fossil ammonite. ...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
White Quartz Sphere with Golden Rutile Decorative object Sculpture Table top
Located in London, GB
Immerse yourself in the splendour of this gleaming quartz sphere, featuring exquisite golden rutile inclusions from Brazil. The sphere's flawlessly polished surface enhances the intr...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old apx. This is a beautiful, multicolor fossil specimen, probably found in France. The leafy patterns an...
Category
French Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Quartz var. Prasiolite Crystal Cluster Mineral Specimen – China
Located in Edison, NJ
Quartz can be found in nearly every corner of the earth, yet despite its abundance, there are some rarer varieties of quartz that differentiate themselves with their distinctive colo...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
Fossilized Coral Agate Formation
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Organically formed Agatized fossil coral with unusual and rare coloring.
As Florida's state stone, Agatized Coral is the product of a 20-30 million year process through which the co...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Height on custom d...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Americas Earliest Known Pyrography Vessel 400AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
World's earliest known pyrography vessel, Nazca Culture , circa 400 AD
This unique work of art is a hand-incised half gourd using an early pyrographic (pyrography) wood burned techn...
Category
Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous period...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Pink Heart Rhodochrosite Slice Mineral Specimen, Capillitas Mine, Argentina
Located in Edison, NJ
Rhodochrosite stalactites are found exclusively in the Mina Capillitas (“little chapels”) mineral deposit of Argentina. Within each nondescript stalactite is a core with bands of blu...
Category
Argentine Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone
T-Rex Tooth
Located in London, GB
The tooth of an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, dating to the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 67
million years old. This large beautifully preserved specimen has a rich brown enamel, ...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
$45,239
Sculptural 17th Century
Florence Fragment
with a Fossil Shell and Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 17th century hand-carved Florence Fragment mounted with a fossil shell with barnacles and adorned with crystals.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Large and Sculptural Stony Meteorite
Located in London, GB
This strikingly large chondrite meteorite featuring dramatic thumb-print impressions (regmaglypts) and a lustrous surface, is a rare and oriented natural sculpture from outer space....
Category
Moroccan Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Prehistoric Brannerion Fossil Fish Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This rare Brannerion fossil specimen of a prehistoric fish is an impressive find from an ex private British collection.
Believed to be from Brazil, t...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Natural Fiber
Purple Amethyst
Calcite Mineral Specimen, Artigas, Uruguay
Located in Edison, NJ
Artigas is known for amethysts of the darkest and richest hues of purple. Lustrous and richly-toned, they are instantly recognizable and not uncommon in the mineral market. What sets...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Multi-gemstone, Quartz, Rock Crystal
Collection of Organic Modern Petrified Wood
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A collection of four multi-toned polished petrified wood pieces on a coordinating petrified wood slab.
Petrified wood is a special type of fossilized wood. This type of mineralized...
Category
American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Petrified Wood
$2,000 / set
Antique Large Solid Stone Ammonite on Handcrafted Iron Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Large Solid Stone Ammonite on Handcrafted Iron Stand Featuring Fascinating Ridged Surface
Dimensions: 26"W X 5"D X 27.5"H
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Gunmetal Hematite Crystal Mineral Specimen- England, UK
Located in Edison, NJ
Mankind has loved hematite for its sleek beauty and red undertones since its first discovery. It has been utilized as a reddening pigment by the ancient Egyptians, mined by the Etrus...
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Metal
441 Gram Exquisite Aquamarine Specimen With Mica And Feldspar From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Exquisite Aquamarine Specimen With Mica And Feldspar From Pakistan
Weight: 441 Gram
Dimension: 8 x 8.5 x 7.5 Cm
Origin: Skardu Valley, Pakistan
Aquamarine helps us to gain insigh...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
Category
Malagasy Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Tourmaline on Lepidolite, Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline on Lepidolite
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.5 cm tall x 12 cm wide
Large "rocket-like" crystals burst forth from a lavender lepidolite matrix...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
519.99 Gram Huge Quartz Specimen From Skardu, Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
519.99 Gram Huge Quartz Specimen From Skardu, Pakistan
Weight: 519.99 Gram
Dimension: 12.4 x 8.8 x 4.2 Cm
Origin: Skardu, Pakistan
Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the...
Category
Pakistani Adam Style Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Collection of 9 Prehistoric Minerals including Amethyst, Agate
Fuchsite
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb collection of naturally-occurring minerals, curated from private British collections to create a unique set.
This varied group showcases nine individual small cabinet speci...
Category
Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
Aquamarine with Schorl on Orthoclase, Pakistan
Located in New York, NY
Aquamarine with Schorl on Orthoclase
Shigar Valley, Shigar District,
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.7 cm wide x 11.5 cm tall
Ex-collection William Ferris
There are two significant...
Category
Pakistani Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Clear White Natural Quartz Decorative object Sculpture Crystal Rock
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous large quartz crystal sits on a bed of rough crystalline matrix.
A large piece is wonderfully sculptural.
This piece was legally and ethically sourced.
Place of ori...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth in Display Box
Located in New York, NY
This authentic Carcharodontosaurus tooth represents a remarkable specimen from the Tegana Formation of North Africa, dating back approximately 65 million years to the Cretaceous peri...
Category
Egyptian Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Natural Pre Historic Basilousaurus Whale Tooth
Located in New York, NY
This well preserved tooth is 40 to 34 million years old from the Late Eocene Period. Basilosaurus was first thought to be a reptile but was later identified as a genus of ancient cet...
Category
Moroccan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Powellite Mineral Crystal on Stilbite From India
Located in New York, NY
Powellite Crystal on Stilbite From Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India.
Huge pyramidal crystal of translucent brown powellite with lustrous striated fac...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Mariopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 300+ Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Mariopteris Species Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 300+ Million Years Old
Discovered in Pennsylvania. Hues occur naturally over time through the mineralization process. The hues ...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
$272 Sale Price
20% Off
Cretaceous Period Calcite Septarian Nodule on Custom Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A Cretaceous period calcite septarian nodule, from Utah, resting on custom marble & brass plated stand. Exceptional crystaline interior shapes. Mid century modern stand...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Brass
$236 Sale Price
47% Off
Smoky Quartz Formation Clear Decorative object Sculpture Crystal Rock
Located in London, GB
A wonderful large formation of smokey quartz, unpolished and with all its
natural lustre, the piece is wonderfully sculptural in quality.
This piece was legally and ethically sou...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Genuine Trilobite Fossil (Ptychopariida) on Matrix (116.9 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Cement, Other
Morganite with Smoky Quartz, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
Morganite with Smoky Quartz
Mawi pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum pegmatite field,
Nuristan, Afghanistan
9.7cm tall x 11.5cm wide
Ex-collection Stephen Smale
All the members of the Beryl f...
Category
Afghan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Vintage Clear Rock Crystal Quartz Tower / Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Admired since ancient times, clear rock crystal quartz is prized for its extraordinary natural design and beauty. This vintage 1970s tower is polished and presented in a wonderful to...
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Prehistoric Fossil Fish Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This rare fossil of a prehistoric fish is an impressive specimen originating from Brazil, preserved by time over millions of years. Mounted on a metal...
Category
Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Metal
Fossilised Wood with Blue-Green Highlights
Located in London, GB
This striking fossilised wood cross-section, dating to the Miocene epoch (23-5 million years ago) and featuring paint-like streaks of greens, blues and browns, is a beautiful natural history specimen and impactful display piece.
This is a magnificent example of the results of permineralisation, a process through which buried wood tissue, permeated by minerals transported in water, can transform into vibrant fossils. This particular example has fossilised over a copper deposit, resulting in the bright inclusions of copper minerals that manifest as impressive streaks of blue, green and red. This distinctive colouration is unique to Colla wood...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
RED/ORANGE / BROWN Citrine Quartz sculpture decorative object Tabletop
Located in London, GB
Feast your eyes on this breathtaking polished citrine from Brazil, a true marvel of natural artistry. This stunning specimen boasts remarkable transparency, allowing the rich brownis...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
10" Alethopteris
Neuropteris Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen
Located in Warrenton, OR
10" Alethopteris
Neuropteris Natural Tree Fern Fossil Specimen, 300 - 360 years old apx.
This is a rather lush plant fossil natural specimen. The measurements point to point di...
Category
American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Genuine Natural Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Spinosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth.
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa, during the upper Albian to upper T...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Pink Lilac Amethyst White Calcite Decorative object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
This small geode of lilac coloured amethystine quartz with several rhombohedral
calcites at the front and red druze / blackish goethite accents.
This piece was legally and ethica...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Extra Large 12.5 in Luminescent Ammonite Fossil, Jurassic Cretaceous Period #LP3
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Madagascar
Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
Dimensions: 12.75 x 11 x 2.25 in. / 32 x 28 x 6 cm
Weight: 12 lbs 14 oz/ 5.85 kg
In this example, the complex...
Category
Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Precious Stone
Purple / Blue Fluorite Mineral Specimen – Xiayang Town, China
Located in Edison, NJ
This breathtaking specimen comes from a distinctive group of fluorites that have affectionately been nicknamed, “tanzanite fluorite” for their gemlike aesthetics and color-shifting a...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
Purple Amethyst shell-like geode Decorative Object Sculpture Crystal Rock
Located in London, GB
Beautiful section of an amethyst geode, unusually thin in cross section and resembling a shell with gorgeous deep purple amethyst lining.
Origin : Artigas, Uruguay
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Sculptural Gogotte Sandstone Formation on Custom Base, Fontainebleau - France
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An extraordinary natural Gogotte formation from Fontainebleau, France — a geological masterpiece formed millions of years ago from fine quartz sand fused together by mineral-rich wat...
Category
French Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Purple Amethyst White Calcite Grey Agate Quartz Decorative Object Crystal Rock
Located in London, GB
With its extremely unusual central amethyst epimorph after calcite, this natural
wonder evokes images of the legendary sword, Excalibur, magically fixed in
the stone. Elsewhere we ...
Category
Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
White quartz with green watermelon tourmaline Decorative Object Sculpture
Located in London, GB
An unusual sculptural arrangement of two clear quartz crystals, punctuated and adorned on all sides with dark green tourmaline, watermelon colour in cross section.
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Tourmaline
Green, Blue Malachite and Chrysocolla Stalactite Slice Mineral Specimen- DRC
Located in Edison, NJ
Of all the incredible malachite specimens recovered from the Katanga Copper Crescent of the DRC, there is only one known incidence of a stalactite composed of chrysocolla with stunning malachite "eyes" and azurite rings...
Category
Congolese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Malachite, Multi-gemstone
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