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Natural Specimens For Sale
Carved Etched Horn Mounted on a Tesselated Bone Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An interesting decorative sculpture, this etched horn is mounted on a tesselated bone base. It is very much in the style of Maitland Smith or a similar company. The horn is likely a ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone, Horn
Natural White Anhydrate Crystals on Quartz Matrix from Gerais Mine, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
A very rare combination of large, white Anhydrate crystal blades, forming a flower formation, within a crystal matrix of quartz. This extremely asthetic specimen, mined in the early ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Crocoite From Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Located in New York, NY
This unique red-orange Crocoite needle-like crystals from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. The lustrous and clean crystals have high visibility on the matrix, making this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Galena with Quartz and Pyrite From Joplin, Missouri, USA
Located in New York, NY
From Joplin, Missouri, USA An aesthetic formation of interconnected cubic galena crystals bright metallic luster all on gossan matrix. Undamaged specimen, classic old locality. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Pyrite
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of Household pests
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Vintage School Teaching Display of Household pests
A vintage school teaching showcase with household pests specimen behind glass. Used as teaching material in German schools c...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Candlestick Base with Rutile Quartz Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian candlestick base fragment from Tuscany mounted with a rutile quartz crystal. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the Florence...
Category
17th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf
Vintage Boho Monumental Hand Hammered Copper Pear
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of artisanal warmth and sculptural beauty to your space with this impressive vintage hand-hammered copper pear. Its substantial size and beautifully rendered form, comple...
Category
Late 20th Century American Natural Specimens
Materials
Copper
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Agate Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A natural agate sculpture with grotto.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate
$1,600
French Gypsum Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970 s tree statue , Vintage artist school work .
Small Man H: 24 W:6 D:5,5
WOMEN H: 22.5 W:6 D:6
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Plaster
$1,800 / set
Italian Glazed Terracotta Baby Leopard Figure
Located in Miami, FL
1920, Italian glazed terracotta baby leopard figure.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Two heads Fang reliquary, 20th c
Located in Lisboa, PT
Fang janiform reliquary head, stylized headdress with two drooping locks, pierced base of the neck with triple braided necklace wicker. Gabon, 20th c.
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Natural Specimens
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Genuine Vanadinite Crystal Cluster on Matrix from Morocco (183.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
From Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Khénifra Province, Morocco
An exceptional world-class cluster of hexagonal brick-red Vanadinite crystals with glassy luster on limonite matrix. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Ruler Selenite with an 18th Century Italian Sunray & Baroque Pearls on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Ruler Selenite with an 18th century Italian gold leaf molding and a natural forming baroque pearl on a lucite base. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic selenite crystals from Morocco that were formed in extensive beds by the evaporation of ocean brine. This mineral is characterized by a silky, pearly luster called satin spare. It is then adorned with gold leaf wood molding and the baroque pearl which coordinate beautifully with the sleek selenite.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece but the Italian fragment sunray is originally 18th century.
Interi transforms Italian artifacts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Calcite on Pyrite with Quartz from Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province Peru
Located in New York, NY
From Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
Large metallic Pyrite cubic crystals with golden calcite crystals overgrown on quartz crystal pyrite matrix.
W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Pyrite
Quartz var. Amethyst Geode from Tekhdi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Located in New York, NY
Half of a hollow geode lined on the inner surfaces with lustrous purple amethyst quartz crystals. All of the amethyst crystals are clean and lustrous with medium purple color and are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Twinned Golden Calcite Crystal from Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Lustrous transparent deep golden brown calcite crystal on large sphalerite matrix. Large 6" double terminated scalenohedral twinned on the C-axis with well defined re-entrant faces, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Genuine Natural Large Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Located in New York, NY
Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosaur) tooth in a glass display box From Tegana Formation, North Africa.
Cretaceous Age 65 million years
Carcharodontosaurus is one of the longest and heavi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Calcite var. Manganocalcite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
Located in New York, NY
From Huanggang Mine, Keshiketeng Qi, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
Pink mangano calcite flower. The pink color of the calcite is caused by manganese impurities and these are frequ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Gem Afghanite Crystal from Kokscha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan
Located in New York, NY
From Koksha Valley, Khash Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Prismatic blue afghanite crystals exposed on the face of gray to white marble. Crystals has lus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Natural Specimens
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Scolecite with Stilbite From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
Large lustrous cluster of an acicular sprays of scolectite crystals on pink stilbite. The scolecite crystals have glassy crystal faces and ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Natural Copper Crystal Cluster from Hubei, China
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural formation of sharp, distinct copper crystals from Daye Co., Hubei Province, China. The copper looks beautiful under magnification. A lovely display piece for natural eleme...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other, Copper
$9,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Grey Elephant Ear Selenite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural grey elephant ear selenite.
Elephant Ear Selenite are rosette formations of crystal clusters of gypsum or barite which contain sand grains ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Sandstone
Natural Rock Crystal Tower Obelisk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural rock crystal Tower Obelisk
Natural rock crystal on carved wood base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Genuine Citrine Cluster Heart on Stand from Brazil (46.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Brazilian Citrine Cluster Heart, weighing 46.5 lbs, was expertly formed and handcrafted, featuring a mesmerizing, lustrous array of crystals. Its heart shape is adorne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Contemporay Natural Pink White and Brown Onyx Table Top Lamp
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Contemporary natural pink, white, and brown onyx tabletop lamp
Created from two thick slices of onyx, hollowed out to construct concave circles, formi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Onyx
Pink Apophyllite From Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Maharashtra, India
Scintillating cluster of translucent crystalline micro crystals of pink apophyllite. Has gradient color from deep pink to light pink with lustrous crystal f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Modern Hand Carved Grisaille Granite Sculpture on Custom Swivel Base
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic and refined Mid-Century Modern sculpture was realized in the United States, circa 1970. It features a TOTEM hand carved form consisting of various tiers of grisaille granite- replete with a rich and organic innate texture. The granite form, suggesting an abstracted corkscrew, is both austere (suggesting the highly reductive forms of Constantin Brancusi) and dynamic, full of verve and energy. The piece sits on a custom swivel...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Granite
Stella 7 - Egeo Ondulato Marble Vase With Brass Flower Sculptures
Located in Porto, PT
Introducing Stella 7, a distinctive decorative vase that masterfully blends natural and sculptural elements to create a captivating piece of art. This exquisite vase is designed not ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Brass
Natural Citrine Cluster with Superb Deep Orange Citrine Druzy and Rosette Flower
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Natural Golden-Orange Citrine Cluster with AAA-Grade Shiny Citrine Druzy and Many Rosette Flowers
▫️ Description
A cherry-picked Citrine Cluster selected for its exceptional aesthe...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal
17th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Tourmaline & Crystals on Petrified Wood
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with black tourmaline and crystals on a petrified wood base
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic Florence Flood of 1966. This piece is available for purchase but will be premiering in The Florence Fragment Collection with Museo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy on October 12th and can be shipped following the end of the exhibition on November 10th. This is a collection of historical fragment...
Category
17th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Tourmaline
15.50 Grams High Quality Aquamarine Crystal On Albite From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
PRODUCT INFORMATION:
Specimen Name: Aquamarine Crystal with Albite
Weight: 15.50 Grams
Dimension: 4 x 2.7 x 2 Cm
Treatment: None
Origin: Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan Provin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Adam Style Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Small Bluish-Grey Quartz with Cut Stalactite
Located in London, GB
A pleasing small display piece showcasing bluish druzy quartz covering a stalactite, which is cut and polished at the tip to reveal the floral interior structure.
This piece was l...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Pair Of Chinese Hardstone Guardian Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of hand carved Chinese Jade hardstone Foo Lions or Fu Dogs. This pair of Chinese spinach jade appears to be a nephrite, covered vases having a figural foo lion design with raise...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Jade
$2,662 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Barite on Galena with Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Peru
Located in New York, NY
From Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Huanuco Department, Peru Lustrous bladed translucent white barite crystals on thin lustrous sharp galena crystals with several areas isolated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
18th Century Italian Fragment with Fossil Clam Shell on Cut Rock Coral Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick with a fossil clam shell and gold leaf barnacles mounted on a cut rock coral base.
The hand-carved, 18th century candlestick originally came from a church in Tuscany. It is mounted on a cut and fossilized rock coral base. The mounted fossil...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Coral, Gold Leaf
$1,425 Sale Price
25% Off
Wonderful Calcite with Epitaxial Goethite
Located in London, GB
This stunning formation consists of a large pyramidal calcite on a bed of
deep purple amethyst. The split calcite with unusual epitaxial goethite
and a second generation of amethys...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Woven Mandala (Lg II), neutral hued woven textured glass sculpture by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Mandala (Lg II)' is a unique handblown, sculpted and cut glass sculpture by the British artist, Layne Rowe.
Rowe’s inspiration is drawn from the dramatic Devon coastline whic...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Purple Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee (7.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Translucent cubic purple fluorite crystals overgrown on top of a cluster of metallic luster sphalerite crystals. The fluorite surfaces are composed of smaller parallel crystal faces ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Rock Crystal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Natural rock crystal sculpture with stand.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
$1,580
Dioptase from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia (246.6 gra
Located in New York, NY
From Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
Lustrous transparent deep-green dioptase crystals lining a shallow cavity in brown matrix. The dioptase crystals look be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Sculptural Japanese Keyaki Wood Partition in the Style of Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Japanese keyaki wood partition in the style of Nakashima.
Category
1960s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Hardwood
Rare Natural Quartz Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Salt-like, light turquoise color natural quartz sculpture with stand. Measures: 8.5” /L x 6.5” /D x 7” /H without stand.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Pink Smithsonite from Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
Beautiful specimen of lilac-purple botryoidal smithsonite in rounded, botryoidal shapes. The surface has minute ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Other
Rare Natural Quartz Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A rare natural quartz cluster with glittering crystals formed across the surface.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
White Quartz Geode Slice with Amethyst Formations in the Centre on Metal Stand
Located in London, GB
Stunning white quartz, amethyst and agate slice. This piece is a beautiful natural wonder. A thick band of white quartz with radiating crystal structure holds a heart of lilac amethy...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Genuine Polished Smoky Quartz Sphere (3", 1.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This expertly polished Smoky Quartz sphere from Brazil is a museum quality and boasts high levels of transparency and reflectivity, making it a val...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Petrified Wood Specimen
Located in Somis, CA
A fantastic petrified wood specimen. Original petrified bark on one side, polished interior of tree on the other. All original. 3 lb.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Petrified Wood
Malachite Rock on Display Stand as a Chinese Scholar Stone
Located in Atlanta, GA
Displayed on a black custom carved wood stand, this solid malachite rock specimen with intense green and black colors functions as a Chinese scholar stone. The gemstone showcases the...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Thomsonite with Mesolite from Soygaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Located in New York, NY
From Soygaon, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Large several interconnected spherical groups of radiating peach colored thomsonite crystals covered with transparent needle thin crystals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Agate Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A natural agate sculpture with grotto.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate
$1,700
Vintage Hammered Metal Tree
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian hammered and patinated metal tree.
Measurements:
Height: 74"
Width: 30"
Depth: 18"
Category
1960s Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Crocoite on Hematite from Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Located in New York, NY
From Dundas, Tasmania, Australia Bright translucent red-orange terminated thick crocoite crystal embedded in metallic botroiydal hematite matrix. This combination of two rare mineral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
9 Grams Green Emerald Tabular Crystal With Golden Pyrite From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Product Information:
Specimen Type: Emerald Crystal on Pyrite
Weight: 9 grams
Dimension: H: 3 x W: 2.3 x D: 1.3 cm
Origin: Swat Valley, KPK Province, Pakistan
Treatment: None
D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Other
Grapes on a Leaf by Myong Jung, Porcelain c. 2008
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Artisan crafted porcelain "Grapes on a Leaf". Each aspect of this creation is done slowly by hand and then hand painted. Each coloration requires a separate firing. Each creation is unique and one of a kind.
Signed and dated Myong Jung...
Category
Early 2000s American Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Enamel
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Spessartine Garnet with Muscovite on Albite Matrix From Fujian, China
Located in New York, NY
From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China
Cluster of transparent lustrous deep red spessartine garnet cluster on microline matrix with bladed muscovite crystals.
6 lbs,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Boho Amethyst Ring
Located in west palm beach, FL
Invite the raw beauty of the earth into your home with this stunning vintage amethyst geode, a perfect piece to embody a natural Vintage Boho aesthetic. This captivating crystal spec...
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Naturally-Formed Mineral Specimen Peach Stilbite on Apophyllite Sculpture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Naturally-Formed Mineral: Peach Stilbite on Apophyllite sculpture
A mineral specimen in the form of an abstract walking figure. Mounted on a custom t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Other Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
School Teaching Display Anthill of the Horse Ant
Located in Berghuelen, DE
School Teaching Display Anthill of the Horse Ant
A vintage school teaching glass display of the anthill of the horse ant. It shows the hill and inhabitants thereof, the life inside ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Spinosaurus Maroccanus Bone from Baharija Formation, South of Taouz, Morocco
Located in New York, NY
Here is a large vertebrae from the massive Spinosaurus maroccanus theropod dinosaur. It comes from From Baharija Formation, South of Taouz, Kem-kem Basin, Morocco.
Spinosaurus (mean...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
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
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Coral, Gold Leaf
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.