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Apophyllite "Lollipop" with Calcite over Agate Stalactite
Located in New York, NY
An agate stalactite with druzy calcite, a pseudomorph of apophyllites, and a small accenting stilbite. The long dark agate growth beautifully transitions from calcite to apophylli...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Amethyst Cathedral I
Located in New York, NY
This Brazilian home decor piece with serious presence boasts a glimmering plethora of purple-drenched amethyst crystals contained within a sinuous stabilized cathedral geode. A pale ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
Dominican Amber // 15-25 MYO
Located in New York, NY
This large, translucent piece of amber is from the Dominican Republic and is an estimated 16 to 25 million years old. Amber is fossilized tree resin and is considered a mineraloid. T...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Dominican Natural Specimens
Materials
Resin
Sandstone From New Mexico III
Located in New York, NY
For billions of years, sand swept over sand in the and was compressed to make this sandstone that displays lines and shapes to the effect of a landscape painting. From southwest New ...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Sandstone
Cavansite on Stilbite from India II
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine specimen of a dense cluster of deeply pigmented cavansite balls on a lustrous stilbite matrix out of the famous and now-inactive mines of Wagholi in Pune, India. This ...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Hand-Polished Pietersite Freeform I
Located in New York, NY
Pietersite is prized for its incredible chatoyancy and this specimen makes no exception. Hand-polished out of one solid piece of the rare mineral from a single location in Namibia, t...
Category
2010s Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Quartz with Halloysite From Colombia III
Located in New York, NY
Sometimes known as naturally-occurring mango quartz, quartz with fibrous halloysite inclusions is prized by collectors for the species' naturally unbeliev...
Category
2010s Colombian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Pyromorphite From Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho
Located in New York, NY
Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho
This excellent quality, yellow-green pyromorphite specimen features beautifully well-defined hexagonal prismatic hopper crystals. Some of the world's finest ...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Calcite on Amethyst with Goethite
Located in New York, NY
This floral arrangement features waxy pale yellow calcite with a scattering of glimmering black goethite crystals resting on a bed of deep purple Uruguayan amethyst with a second gen...
Category
2010s Uruguayan Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal
Himalayan Chloride Quartz Cluster
Located in New York, NY
The highest quality from the heights of the Himalayas, this truly one of a kind larger than life museum quality chloride quartz cluster features a perfect 3-1/2" diameter termination...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Other
Museum Quality Dioptase on Plancheite
Located in New York, NY
This truly one of a kind, show-stopping piece from the DRC brings serious presence. With thumb-size dioptase crystals – the largest measuring an 3.8 cm long by 1.6 cm in diameter – o...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Dioptase with Calcite
Located in New York, NY
The name “dioptase” comes from Greek, roughly translates to "to see through," and references the visibility of the cleavage plains within the translucent, brilliantly emerald green c...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Cobaltoan Calcite // 1.69 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This thick coating of rare Cobaltoan calcite on host rock is beautifully crystallized with relatively large crystals, incredible natural sparkle and luster, and truly the best bright...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Cobaltoan Calcite // 3.62 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This thick coating of rare Cobaltoan calcite on host rock is beautifully crystallized with incredible natural sparkle and luster and truly the best hot pink color we have seen in thi...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Hand-Carved Rose Quartz Tower From Brazil // 41 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This dramatically dimensioned six-sided tower has been expertly hand-carved and hand-polished out of the finest color rose quartz available – sourced from Brazil and perfect as a sta...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rose Quartz
Natural Tsavorite Garnet from Tanzania // 55.98 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This huge 55.98-gram prime example of the rarest species of garnet is from Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania. This perfectly-hued, incredibly gemmy and lustrous specimen of th...
Category
2010s Tanzanian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Calcite Stalactites From China // 7.48 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
Yunnan Province, China
A beautiful arrangement of calcite stalactites with micro quartz crystals also known as druze coating the entire piece, making this a true show stopper. This ...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Apophyllite and Stilbite on Chalcedony and Chalcedony Stalactites From India
Located in New York, NY
This textural, sculptural combination piece out of Puna, India features lustrous, large, beautifully formed gemmy crystals of apophyllite growing three dimensionally with deeply pigm...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Green Apophyllite on Stilbite // 7 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This large cabinet size combination specimen features lustrous, beautifully formed, large crystals of green apophyllite with lovely color and incredible, gemmy translucency growing o...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Fibrous Malachite // 3.57 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This large, verdant raw fibrous malachite specimen from the DRC features a dazzlingly sparkling, almost velvety luster. Named for the banded or fibro...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite
Elmwood Calcite on Barite With Sphalerite // 1.23 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
These large, sharply defined, beautifully formed golden calcite crystals out of the famed calcite mine in Elmwood, Tennessee heave beautiful golden pigmentation especially toward the...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Watermelon Tourmaline Slice // 6.34 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous, vividly pigmented watermelon tourmaline slice features beautiful separation of color with a deep, solid, almost olive green ring around...
Category
2010s Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Tourmaline
Watermelon Tourmaline Slice // 7.15 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous, vividly pigmented watermelon tourmaline slice features beautiful separation of color with a deep, solid, almost olive green ring around...
Category
2010s Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Tourmaline
Okenite in Gyrolite Geode
Located in New York, NY
This hollow geode with a naturally rough, matte exterior is lined with the rare silicate mineral gyrolite growing with near-perfect tufts of fiber optic-looking okenite which are in ...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Double Terminated Golden Calcite From Elmwood Mine, Tennessee // 3.28 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This stunningly gemmy and large calcite crystal is out of the famed Elmwood Mine in Tennessee. Beautifully crystallized and double terminated, it features deep pigmentation and is a ...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Spinosaurus Toe Claw // 4-3/4" Long // Cretaceous Period
Located in New York, NY
Spinosaurus (meaning "spined reptile") is one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to ever exist. This behemoth lived in present-day Morocco during the upper Albian to upper Turonian...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Spodumene with Smoky Quartz // 10.5 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This lustrous formation features hefty terminations of smoky quartz on a large slab of delicately hued, strikingly gemmy, striated spodumene. A unique, visually arresting piece for t...
Category
2010s Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Imperial Topaz on Calcite Matrix
Located in New York, NY
This incredibly deeply hued and lustrous topaz specimen is out of Katlang, Pakistan and displays beautiful rainbows. It's embedded in a calcite matrix, the matte solidity of which pe...
Category
2010s Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Grape Agate with Calcite
Located in New York, NY
This incredibly lustrous, densely druze-covered and deeply pigmented large cabinet size grape agate specimen comes from Indonesia – the only pocket worldwide where grape agates have ...
Category
2010s Indonesian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Mesolite and Apophyllite on Red Heulandite From India
Located in New York, NY
This mesolite and apophyllite on a red heulandite matrix was mined out of an extremely small pocket in India. Puffs of white mesolite layer over apophyllite on a rocky bed. The white...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Mesolite on Green Apophyllite From India
Located in New York, NY
Puna, India
A stunning number of radial mesolites on a bed of green apophyllite. A complete 180 degree flawless explosion of a zeolite mineral occuring as sprays of thin, prismatic ...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Lazurite
Located in New York, NY
Lazurite, also known as Afghanite, is a rich blue sodalite mineral only found in Afghanistan and makes up the blue phase of lapis lazuli. Lazurite was used historically in pigments f...
Category
2010s Afghan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Black Tourmaline With Albite on Custom Stand
Located in New York, NY
This exciting specimen features one huge single black tourmaline crystal displaying spectacular luster taking center stage skirted on each side by smaller inky black tourmaline cryst...
Category
2010s Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Tourmaline
Green Apophyllite on Okenite
Located in New York, NY
This strikingly arranged cluster of deep, deep green apophyllite has great natural presentation on a soft, lustrous bed of okenite, a rare mineral often associated with zeolite miner...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Azurite with Cerussite From Namibia
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous specimen from Tsumeb, Namibia features large, fully formed, deep blue azurite crystals with amazing luster growing with gemmy reticulated cerussite crystals. The sparkl...
Category
2010s Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Other
Calcite From China // 177 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This formation of extremely lustrous, sharp calcite crystals from China features one type of calcite atop another, texturally contrasting species of calcite in a stalactitic formatio...
Category
2010s Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Mordenite on Green Apophyllite
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous, lustrous, large cabinet size specimen from India features a snowball-like puff of the zeolite mineral mordenite perfectly accenting a swathe of richly pigmented nearly...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Morganite with Topaz and Schorl on Albite From Pakistan
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural combination piece from Pakistan features a large and shockingly translucent pink hexagonal morganite crystal with a naturally clear f...
Category
2010s Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Tourmaline, Other
Cerussite Sixling Twin From Tsumeb Mine, Namibia // 64.72 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This genuine sixling twin or cerussite gem crystals twinned on all axes to form a twinned cluster with six points comes out of the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. Gem-...
Category
2010s Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Botryoidal Malachite Vug
Located in New York, NY
The velvety, druze-coated interior of this vug or natural crystal-lined rock crevice is filled with an abundance of beautifully formed deep emerald green botryoidal malachite crystal...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite and Tetrahedrite
Located in New York, NY
This stunning combination specimen out of Peru features lush pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals densely clustered over a unique, sparkling ...
Category
2010s Peruvian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
Green and Purple Fluorite From De'An Mine, Jiangxi, China
Located in New York, NY
These bi-colored fluorites are fascinating for the fact that the purple tones are limited to the edges of the sharp, predominantly green octahedral crystals for unique aesthetics and...
Category
2010s Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Quartz and Hematite From China
Located in New York, NY
From China, this show-stopping combination piece features the clearest, most lustrous quartz to come out of this pocket. A plethora of these water-clear points are juxtaposed against...
Category
2010s Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Cerrusite on Rosasite From Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
This singular combination piece out of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia, was sourced in the 1970s. Large, abundant, gemmy cerrusite crystals on almost shockingly vibrant turquoise-hued rosas...
Category
Vintage 1970s Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Other
Soledade Meteorite Slice // 389 Grams
Located in New York, NY
This hefty approximately over 4.5 billion year old Soledade iron meteorite slice features a prominent, unique iron nickel etching. This octahedrite was discovered in 1986 as a 68 kg ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Other, Iron, Nickel
Citrine Cathedral From Brazil // 66.2 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This over two foot tall sinuous citrine cathedral from Brazil glistens from within with a lustrous coating of naturally terminated, fully formed, fiery amber citrine crystals. This s...
Category
2010s Uruguayan Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Other
Pink Apatite with Muscovite on Microcline
Located in New York, NY
This unique specimen from Pakistan features one deeply pigmented and beautifully formed gemmy pink apatite crystal accompanied by lustrous flakes of muscovite accenting a contrasting...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Other
Golden Barite From Meikle Mine, Nevada
Located in New York, NY
From Nevada's Meikle Mine, this excellent quality golden barite features stellar translucency and harbors rainbows. This cluster of lustrous and fully formed tabular-rhombohedron cry...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Double Terminated Black Tourmaline Cluster From Namibia
Located in New York, NY
This sizable, inky schorl specimen from Namibia is a unique acquisition for its incredible luster and the fact that the double terminated crystals grow in a cluster. Any visible "imp...
Category
2010s Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Tourmaline, Other
Pineapple Calcite From China // 1.42 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This gorgeous combination specimen features unbelievably rich golden honey or pineapple calcite from China on a contrasting pitch black matrix covered in lustrous druze. The calcites...
Category
2010s Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Other
Stibnite From Romania
Located in New York, NY
This lustrous 335 g Romanian stibnite cluster features a plethora of beautiful natural terminations and amazing luster. These crystals are striated, sharp, and well-defined. An excel...
Category
2010s Romanian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Fossil Prepped Ammonite From Madagascar
Located in New York, NY
Madagascar ammonites can date as far back as 110 million years. This 1.31 lb. specimen has been expertly fossil cleaned or prepped to reveal the finely formed spines and shell. Ammon...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Selenite From Naica Mine
Located in New York, NY
120 meters under a mountain in Naica, Mexico, the Cave of Swords has long harbored conditions perfect for the formation of up to two meter long selenite crystals lining the walls like medieval swords...
Category
2010s Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Green Apophyllite on Stilbite
Located in New York, NY
This large and textural piece features huge, gemmy, gorgeously formed green apophyllite crystals growing on an abundance of lustrous, beautifully pigmented peach stilbite. This large...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Green Apophyllite and Stilbite with Calcite
Located in New York, NY
This museum quality combination specimen out of India is a true natural sculptural art piece, featuring a 3-1/2" long perfectly terminated perfectly formed apophyllite crystal with b...
Category
2010s Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Emerald on Calcite With Pyrite
Located in New York, NY
This true museum quality 1.74 lb. combination specimen from the Muzo emerald mines in Colombia features two large beautifully formed emerald crystals – each measuring approximately 1...
Category
2010s Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Citrine Cathedral From Brazil // 48 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This nearly two foot tall 48 lb. sinuous citrine cathedral from Brazil glistens from within with a lustrous coating of naturally terminated, fully formed, fiery amber citrine crystal...
Category
2010s Uruguayan Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Tetrahedrite From Peru
Located in New York, NY
Named for the unique and geometrically fascinating tetradron shape of its crystals, this important ore of copper – also an ore of silver – crystallizes or forms masses in metallifero...
Category
2010s Peruvian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Milpillas Azurite
Located in New York, NY
Azurites from the Milpillas mine in Zacatecas, Mexico are famous for their exceptional deep blue pigmentation and beautifully formed crystals. This significantly sized specimen of th...
Category
2010s Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal
Barite on Orpiment From the El'brusskiy Mine
Located in New York, NY
El'brusskiy mine, Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
This large, stunningly rich orange orpiment specimen with contrasting yellow around the e...
Category
2010s Russian Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Crystal
