Natural Specimens
Natural Specimens For Sale
Color: Brown
Genuine Polished Brown Lace Jasper Freeform (6.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA-quality brown lace jasper free-form which include brown, white, red, gray, and yellow color patterns, hand polished to a smooth mirror finish. Jasper is considered highly restora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pyrite Over Calcite From Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., China
Located in New York, NY
Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, ChinaLustrous scintillating specimen of golden pyrite micro crystals over a translu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Pyrite, Other
17th Century Italian Gilt Candlestick with Chalcopyrite and Gold-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 17th century Italian gilt candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with gold-plated kyanite.
This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a church in It...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf, Metal
Amethyst from Piedra Parada, Las Vigas de Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful specimen from Piedra Parada, Las Vigas de Ramirez, Veracruz, Mexico. Parallel formation of amethyst crystals with great transparency and rich purple color with well defined...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Amethyst, 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
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Gilded Tole Marijuana or Cannabis Potted Plant, Park Avenue Pot Plant
Located in New York, NY
Park Avenue pot plant! Beautifully gilded tole marijuana or cannabis plant in a silvered ceramic pot with several large buds.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Tôle
Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (2.6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with small sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (153.1 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous transparent deep golden calcite crystal on small sphalerite matrix. Large double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with well defined re-entrant faces, with sub ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Petrified Wood Sphere from Madagascar (8.5", 31.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, center-of-a-choice petrified wood sphere from Madagascar. This incredible specimen is shaped from a solid piece of petrified wood. Hand-polished to a mirrored finish. It has an amazing pattern with vibrant hues of brown, red, and orange.
Fossilized Petrified Wood, which is also known as Agatized Wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Petrified Wood
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
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Optical Calcite Crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
From Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Internally flawless crystal cluster of optical-grade colorless calcite on gossan matrix. The calcite crystal are fully terminated with hexag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large Star Rose quartz polished sphere from Madagascar on acrylic stand.
This was originally purchased from Venusrox in Notting Hill and comes with original Venusrox label which details the energy properties of Star Rose Quartz:
The Star Rose quartz is a Super-Charged Rose Quartz, and is the stone of love. Love for oneself, family, friends, the planet and the universe. It releases stress and anxiety and dissolves anger and fear and brings hope and love. It encourages compassion and kindness.
We have another smaller sphere and very large Amethyst...
Category
2010s Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Rose Quartz
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (515.9 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous transparent deep golden calcite crystal on matrix. Large double terminated scalenohedral twinned deep golden calcite crystals with inclusions of sphalertie. The twinning on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
50 Million Year Old Extinct Fossil Gar Specimen, Green River Formation, Wyoming
Located in Logan, UT
This fossil mural features an exquisitely preserved fossil Masillosteus janei, an extinct species of ancient gar which has only been found in the Green River Formation. Precious few specimens of Masillosteus janei have been collected, and this is among the finest of the fossil gars...
Category
2010s American Natural Specimens
Materials
Limestone
Topaz from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (58.7 g)
Located in New York, NY
From Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Large single crystal of transparent sherry colored Topaz with sharp complex basal pinacoid terminations. Crystal is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Polychrome Freeform from Madagascar (7.6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA-quality Polychrome Jasper Freeform. This beautiful specimen has multi-colored veins of Chalcedony from Madagascar. Beautiful multi-colored rock that usually exhibits a circular, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (1.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with small sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pair of Carved Fossilized Limestone Bookends with Many Fossils Visible
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a high quality pair of demilune columnar form stone bookends, unmarked. Skillfully carved beige limestone with a large number of spiral shell gastropods, nautiloids, and other fossils polished to show off the beauty of the fossils. There are natural streaks of dark and light limestone, orange iron oxide, and crystalline calcite in the shells. The stone contains a large amount of calcite (or aragonite) with the remainder made of impurities such as dolomite, quartz or silicates, clay, iron oxides, and rock particles of many kinds.
These are of lovely quality and are fascinating to look at. As they are cut from the same piece, the fossils match up when both bookends are placed together and the corresponding portion of fossils can be seen on the opposite interior vertical plane.
Dimensions:
7"h x 5.75"w x 2.75"d (each half)
Condition:
Good, a few scratches and nicks on base, attractive appearance.
Provenance:
A Private Collection: The Sherry Netherland...
Category
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Miocene Period Fossilized Sand Dollar or Sea Biscuit Very Large
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This attractive example of a Madagascar fossilized sand dollar is expertly cleaned and polished to retain the endoskeleton (outer shell) preserving excellent definition and details. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier African Other Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Polished Ocean Jasper Flame Freeform from Madagascar (6.3 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality, beautiful polished cross-section of Ocean Jasper from Madagascar. It often includes vugs lined with white or green druzy quartz crystals. It is found in only one place i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Libyan Desert Glass Tektite (105.5 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Libyan Desert Glass is a substance found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. Fragments of desert glass can be found over areas of tens ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Genuine Aragonite Stalactite Slice from Mexico (375.5 grams)
Located in New York, NY
AAA quality, rare find translucent perfect bullseye yellow Aragonite stalactite slice. Polished on front and rear sides.
Aragonite is a naturally occurring polymorph of calcium carb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (44.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 44.5 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Garnet Point (8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This hand-crafted, gleaming Garnet Sphere from India, displays dark red and dark brown undertones, polished to perfection.
Garnet is believed to inspire higher mental pursuits and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Polychrome Jasper Flame Freeform (11 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA-quality, hand polished polychrome Jasper flame form. Beautiful multi-colored rock that usually exhibits a circular, eye-shaped, or figurative pattern.
Polychrome Jasper is a cry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix - From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy lust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (4 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Large, museum-quality, lustrous transparent deep golden calcite with small sphalerite crystal at the base of the crystal. Double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Polished Rose Quartz Flame Freeform From Brazil (11.6 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA quality, hand-polished flame free-form of natural gem translucent rose quartz from Brazil. This specimen has bright rich color, all sides hand polished to a smooth mirror finish....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Golden Calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
This specimen of golden calcite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee is a stunning double-terminated scalenohedral twin with re-entrant fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Topaz from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (65.7 g)
Located in New York, NY
From Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Large single crystal of transparent sherry colored Topaz with sharp complex basal pinacoid terminations. Crystal is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix - From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco Here is an exceptional world class specimen of a cluster of hexagonal crystals of bright red Vanadinites with glassy luster...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (3.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Large aesthetic scalenohedral formation of rich deep golden calcite crystals in a parallel formation on matrix embedded with metallic sphalerite crystals. The calcite has a gradience...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Optical Calcite Crystals from Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
From Leiping Mine, Guiyang, Hunan, China Internally flawless crystal cluster of optical-grade colorless calcite on gossan matrix. The calcite crystal are fully terminated with hexago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Peach Moonstone Freeform from Madagascar (6.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA quality, polished Peach Moonstone freeform from Madagascar. Composed of potassium aluminum silicate feldspar, this variety of Moonstone has typically tan-brown to light peach/pin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (211.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous transparent deep golden calcite crystal on small sphalerite matrix. Large double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with well defined re-entrant faces, with sub ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Peach Moonstone Freeform from Madagascar (6.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
AAA quality, polished Peach Moonstone freeform from Madagascar. Composed of potassium aluminum silicate feldspar, this variety of Moonstone has typically tan-brown to light peach/pin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Stilbite Flower From Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India Lustrous cream colored translucent pale orange-brown stilbite bowtie crystal. The stilbite crystals are translucent with lustrous crystal fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Cast Brass Tobacco Leaf Tray by Oskar JW Hansen
Located in Malibu, CA
Virginia Metalcrafters Brass 3-61 tobacco leaf by Oskar JW Hansen 1963 Vintage.
The leaf sits on three feet. Polished underside, stamped with logo, year & artist info on the undersi...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Brass
Quartz var. Citrine from Guilin, Guanxi Zhuang, China
Located in New York, NY
From Guilin, Guanxi Zhuang, China
Transparent yellow quartz citrine quartz crystals with smoky phantoms at the termination. Dominated by a large single crystal with lustrous termina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Danburite from Mina la Aurora, Charcas District, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Mina la Aurora, Charcas District, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Large transparent to translucent Danburite crystal with secondary growth on matrix. The danburite has lustrous striate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (515.8 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous transparent deep golden calcite crystal on matrix. Large double terminated scalenohedral twinned crystals with sub parallel growth faces. This stunning specimen is perfect f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Red Amethyst Geode with Sugar Coated Red Amethyst Druzy, Rare Mineral
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Truly stunning and unique, this Red Amethyst Geode is a natural marvel, it brings a vibrant hue of red that covers the entire geode and creates a mesmerizing display piece as it comb...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
Smoky Quartz Crystals from St. Gotthard, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
from St. Gotthard, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
Large matrix lined with gem transparent smoky quartz crystals with lustrous faces and sharp terminations.
3.5 lbs, 7 x 3 x 5 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz
Topaz from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (60.3 gr
Located in New York, NY
From Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Large single crystal of transparent sherry colored Topaz with sharp complex basal pinacoid terminations. Crystal is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
19th Century Bowsprits or 19th Century Architectural Fragments
Located in Essex, MA
These unusual Bowsprits are John Haley Bellamy quality, intricately carved, tapered boards with traces of colored paint in the recessed portions. La...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Calcite with Huelandite and Stilbite on Chalcedony Matrix from Jalgaon, Maharas
Located in New York, NY
A massive, 52 lb geode with large rhombic Calcite crystals beside a pseudomorphic quartz after Calcite crystals with pink Heulandite crystals in a wheat sheave aggregate. Additional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Spessartine Garnet Crystal from Loliondo, Arusha, Tanzania
Located in New York, NY
From Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha, Tanzania Large trapezohedral crystal of transparent orange spessartine garnet with no matrix attached. Has lustrous faces with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tanzanian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Barite from Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocc
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb cluster of these incredible new blue Barites that have been discovered this past year. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Topaz from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan (65.1 gr
Located in New York, NY
From Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Large single crystal of transparent sherry colored Topaz with sharp complex basal pinacoid terminations. Crystal is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Silver (naturally crystallized native silver) from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, China
Located in New York, NY
From Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China Sculptural formation of twisted wire-crystals of native silver (naturally occurring silver crystals) with no attached matrix. Sculptural forma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Silver
Wulfenite From Ahumada Mine, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
This large cluster of butterscotch Wulfinite cubic crystals on matrix was discovered in the Ahumada Mine, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. These rare, Wulfenite specimens have...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Mosasaurus Head And Spine - Skull, Neck, Curved Bone & Tail
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Mosasaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and existed from Upper Cretaceous Epoch to 61.7 million years ago. It lived in a terrestrial habitat like grasslands, fo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Twinned Golden Calcite with Apophyllite & Stilbite From Nasik District, Maharash
Located in New York, NY
Large 6" penetrating twinned crystals of transparent rich golden yellow calcite with silky luster faces and sharp terminations on druzy quartz matrix inter grown with green apophylli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Large Freeform Mesquite Wood Organic Live Edge Bowl Vase by Norman Harrison
Located in San Diego, CA
Statement piece! beautiful freeform mesquite wood live edge organic centerpiece bowl by artist Norman Harrison. Signed and dated from 2003 on the bottom. Made in Yuma, Arizona. Wonde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Polished Stone Specimens, Set of 14
Located in South Salem, NY
This exquisite collection features 14 mesmerizing polished stone specimens sourced from the captivating landscapes of Italy. Each stone tells a uni...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia Lustrous beautiful complex rhombic crystal cluster of pink smithsonite on matrix. Crystals have sharp terminations with g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, 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
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Polished Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar (35 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This 35 lb AAA quality Septarian Druzy Geode Egg from Madagascar features an exposed area lined with dazzling druzy quartz crystals, as well as a polished back side, providing a high...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Antique, New and Vintage Natural Specimens
Natural specimens turn things found in nature, such as rocks, crystals and timber, into art. Sometimes these specimens are hand-carved into sculptures. Other times, antique, new and vintage natural specimens themselves are best displayed in their most untouched state. These pieces range from Victorian-era objects to modern-day designs and include everything from sculptures made from animal horns to works in wood, either as sculptures or merely imposing and provocative chunks of driftwood.
Natural specimens serve as compelling decor in any collection or home. Just as any curious decorative object, such as an ancient scientific instrument or taxidermy mount, will draw attention to your carefully curated home library or mantel, natural specimens can spark interesting discussions about life and art. Whether it’s a piece of ancient pottery formed from natural clay, plants sculpted from metal, sculptures of animals or antique stone, they grant a window into all of nature’s wonders.
Natural specimen sculptures can complement many aesthetics. A rare geode makes a stunning centerpiece in a study or living room. Crystals and rock crystal spheres carved in the 1970s add a sense of etherealness and quiet beauty to any space.
Whatever your taste, the selection of antique, new and vintage natural specimens on 1stDibs includes precisely the right piece for your space.