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Natural Specimens For Sale
Genuine Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorite (47.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorite in Display Box. This nickel-iron meteorite was found in the world famous Baringer crater (meteor crater) AZ, USA. The crater is about 3900 ft in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Natural Specimens
Materials
Other, Iron
Genuine Natural Seymchan Pallasite Meteorite Slab (211.7 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Brenham is a pallasite meteorite found near Haviland, a small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. Pallasites are a type of stony–iron meteorite that when cut and polished sh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other, Iron
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth (74 grams)
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 Egyptian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base with sea shell trim.
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
A branch of japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A specimen of naturalia from Wunderkammer. A branch of Japanese red coral (Coralium Japonicum), mounted on a wooden base, holds a palm tree in the shap...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Genuine Polished Smoky Quartz Sphere (7", 13 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 valuable addition to any crystal, mine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Lustrous Schorl Black Tourmaline On Feldspar With Aquamarine From Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Product Information:
Specimen Name: Black Tourmaline on Feldspar with Aquamarine
Weight: 921 grams
Dimensions: H: 18 x W: 18 x D: 6 cm
Treatment: None
Origin: Skardu District, G...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Tourmaline, Other
Genuine Clear Quartz Crystal Cluster Point from Brazil (3.2 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality Brazilian Quartz point Crystal Cluster. This translucent crystal cluster has fully terminated quartz point crystals with lustrous highly reflective faces.
Clear Quartz ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Radiant Moroccan Selenite Orb – A Piece of Moonlight 6”
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable 6-inch selenite sphere is a testament to the craftsmanship and natural beauty of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where it was carefully mined, carved, and polished. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
High Quality Deep Purple Amethyst with Calcite Surrounded by Quartz and Hematite
Located in London, GB
A stunning deep purple amethyst piece with calcite formation. From the rough basalt on the outside, to the high quality rich purple amethyst crystals inside and calcite formation, th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
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
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Exceptional “Excalibur” Amethyst Formation, Calcite, Agate, Quartz
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
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
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
Fossil Agate Coral with Iridescent Ammonites
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Fossil agate coral adorned with iridescent fossil ammonites.
The grey piece of fossil agate coral is cut and polished and adorned with the iridescent...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Organic Modern Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral
Natural Seashell
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful natural seashell dipped in a light-gold finish. A great decorative object for a shelf, on top of books, cocktail table, a vanity or bath area, etc. Many areas. This natur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
22 Genuine Butterflies in Black Display Frame
Located in New York, NY
This incredible display includes 22 genuine Peruvian butterflies. The frame includes a keyhole hook at the top for mounting the display on a wall. The butterflies in these frames are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Amethyst Geode with Several Mineral Crystal Formations Inside
Located in London, GB
Resembling an infinity sign, this whole geode is a stunning and rich piece, full of mineralogical information. The outer layer is basalt, the interior amethyst crystals, and at the h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Small Lilac Amethyst Geode with Calcite
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
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
White Quartz Stalactite Formation
Located in London, GB
This substantial formation consists of prominent white quartz crystals
with a slight green tinge, laid over a bed of undulating stalactites. A small
hon...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Natural Genuine Green Fluorapophyllite Mineral From India
Located in New York, NY
From Pashan Hill Quarry, Poona District, Maharashtra, India.
Radial spray of transparent green fluorapophyllite crystals with lustrous crystal faces with stilbite on matrix.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic, Rose Quartz
Dioptase with Calcite // 10 Lb.
Located in New York, NY
This lush, lustrous bed of fully formed, fully terminated, moderately sized dioptase crystals with a deep emerald color is accented by large, beautifully gemmy golden calcite crystal...
Category
2010s Congolese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice (1.15 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Muonionalusta Meteorite Slice from Norrbotten, Sweden.
The Muonionalusta is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Scandinavia,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Ruler Selenite with Natural Forming Pearls on a Custom Stand
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A single selenite log with natural-forming baroque pearls on a custom hammered metal stand. Ruler selenite or "selenite logs" are single, prismatic seleni...
Category
2010s Moroccan Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal
Azurite with Malachite from Liufengshan Mine, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province
Located in New York, NY
From Sepon Mine, Savannakhet Prov., Laos
Large complex cluster of a layer of botryoidal velvet green malachite drapping over a lustrous layer dark-blue azurite crystals on matrix. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Malachite
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
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Cement, Other
Pink Amethyst Geode Slab with Sculptural Pink Amethyst and Pink Amethyst Flowers
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
Natural Artwork: Pink Amethyst Geode Slice with Sparkly Botroydal Flowers
▫️ Description
A Pink Amethyst Geode Slice displays unique features h...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
Genuine Natural Calcified Ammonite Fossil, '2.3 LBS'
Located in New York, NY
Museum-quality, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer displaying hints of vibrant red. The fossilized shells of ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Large Brown and Colored Stoneware Ceramic Tree Sculpture Claude Gaget
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget
Amazing large stoneware tree sculpture by the French artist.
Original perfect conditions, signed at the base GAGET
Brown and colored firi...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Natures Beauty Marine Specimens Sea Shells Collection Vitrine
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Great selection of marine specimens - sea shells, urchins, sand dollars, sea stars in display case.
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Green Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China
Translucent green fluorite crystal cluster with bright luster and well crystallized. The fluorite crystals are tran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Original Design, Space Box, Swedish Muonionalusta, Meteorite in Acrylic Box
Located in Polanco, CDMX
The “Space Box” was designed by Ernesto Duran, as a creative way to enhance the uniqueness of meteorites and could also be use as a decorative piece. Its an acrylic box with a magnet on top and a steel string pulling the meteorite straight simulating the floating movement they had in outer space, allowing an interaction and a 360° view.
Muonionalusta Meteorite...
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
Genuine Natural Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth (91 grams)
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 Egyptian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Large Genuine Polished Ocean Jasper Freeform '54 Lbs'
Located in New York, NY
Incredible top-quality, hand-polished freeform specimen, made from a solid piece of natural Ocean Jasper. This large piece has an amazing pattern with beautiful hues of green, red, y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Mint Green Tourmaline Crystal Cluster On Smoky Quartz From Afghanistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
Product Information:
Specimen Name: Tourmaline Crystals on Quartz
Weight: 283 grams
Dimensions: H: 7.3 x W: 7 x D: 7.7 cm
Treatment: None
Origin: Dara I Pech, Chappa Dara District, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Adam Style Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Tourmaline, Other
Natural Citrine Geode Cave with Orange Druzy Crystals and Calcite Flowers
Located in Ametista Do Sul, BR
A Breathtaking Citrine Geode Cave with Deep Orange, Sparkly Citrine Druzy and Rare Calcite Flowers
▫️ Description
An extraordinary natural Citrine cave, featuring shiny, rich, satu...
Category
2010s Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Crystal, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Miniature Mecca Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca miniature fragment with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. I...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Huge Genuine Polished Nephrite Jade Sphere from Pakistan, '65 Lbs'
Located in New York, NY
Huge, AAA-quality Nephrite Jade sphere on acrylic display stand. This beautiful piece is hand polished from a solid piece of natural Nephrite Jade. It has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Jade, Rock Crystal
Seashell
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful natural seashell from the sea, circa ealry-20th century or earlier. Shell appears to be what is called a 'great rapa chank', with origin off the cost of Sri Lanka. A beau...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
A large Elephant's Snout Volute shell - Cymbium glans gamelan
Located in Leesburg, VA
A large Elephant's Snout Volute shell - Cymbium glans gamelan
Approximate size: 12 (l) x 5.5 (w) x 4 (h) in.
The Elephant’s Snout Volute shell is a species of sea snail belonging t...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Natural Red Pipe Coral Specimen #1
Located in Bradenton, FL
Natural specimen of red coral reef. Color is a natural ruby red Flat underside for easy display. This specimen is a great size for displaying in any decor.
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
French Art Deco Style Bronze of Dancer After Chiparus
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 20 1/2in W: 15in D: 6in
This French Art Deco Style Bronze of Dancer After Chiparus is truly a work of art! If you look at the photos provided you will see the atten...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Fragment with a Fossil Shell on Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian mecca fragment candlestick with a fossil shell and wulfenite on a polished calcite base.
The fragment was originally p...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural Oriented Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Chondrite Meteorite Circa 4.56 Billion y/o
Chondrite
24 x 20 cm, 28 cm tall on base
7.1 kg
A sculptural and beautifully weathered chondrite meteorite; upon entering the atmosphere, this extraterrestrial stone would have heated the surrounding air to a temperature of over 1700 C, higher than that of the hottest lava on the planet, and enough to melt away its outer layers, leaving its surface rippled with regmaglypts, thumb-shaped impressions formed as superheated rock streaked off of the main body as it careened toward the earth. The last layer of the rock to melt would have re-solidified as the meteorite made impact, forming a charcoal coloured fusion crust, which has taken on a deep ochre-tinted patina.
Chondrite meteorites such as this example were formed at the very beginning of our solar system, by the accretion of various types of dust and small grains, adrift in the vacuum of space and, as such, provide important clues about the birth of our own planet. This piece is an especially rare specimen, known as an oriented meteorite...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Oriented Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Oriented Stone Meteorite
Chondrite
5.00 kg
Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented Meteorite travelled over a hu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Lunar Meteorite - A piece of the Moon
Located in London, GB
A beautiful fragment from a lunar meteorite, among the rarest of all geological finds. This specimen belongs to NWA 11303, a feldspathic regolith breccia which formed when the shock ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Algerian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Natural Seashell Trumpet Triton Sea Snail
Located in Naples, IT
A beautiful natural specimen, Charonia is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod moll...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Brown quartz stalactites with fiery interior
Located in London, GB
Several brownish quartz stalactites grace this small formation, the frontal
one cut longitudinally to reveal a fiery interior.
This piece was legally and ethically sourced directly ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Azurite Mineral Crystal with Malachite from Anhui, China
Located in New York, NY
Azurite with Malachite from Liufengshan Mine, Guichi, Anhui Province, China.
Lustrous translucent vibrant royal blue crystals of azurite partially lining a gossan matrix with botryo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Stromatolithe "red desert gogotte" from Morocco on custom claw steel stand
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
This natural red sculpture called stromatolite, is at least 300 millions years old. These fossils are unique in their kind. The laminar structures are made by the biochemical activit...
Category
2010s Moroccan Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A ‘FANTASTICALLY’ RARE, EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY and MUSEUM QUALITY Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes.
Made in Englan...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mahogany
Large 8 Inch Ammonite Specimen Cut Polished and Mounted Fossil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large 8 Inch Ammonite Specimen Cut Polished and Mounted Fossil - Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old
An excellent quality split ammonite fossil. We hand pick...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Large Amethyst Crystal Cluster with Purple Fluorite
Located in New York, NY
Museum quality, rare undulating formation of a gemmy transparent amethyst cluster with a cluster of spherical purple fluorite. These amethyst crystals ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
Amethyst Geode with Several Mineral Crystal Formations Inside
Located in London, GB
Resembling an infinity sign, this whole geode is a stunning and rich piece, full of mineralogical information. The outer layer is basalt, the interior amethyst crystals, and at the h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Meteorite Impact Desert Glass
Located in London, GB
Libyan Desert Glass
Circa 29 Million y/o
Height: 9.5 cm
A beautiful, tactile piece of yellow glass, found between the high crested dunes of the Libyan De...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Libyan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass
Pair of Russian Neoclassical Style Malachite Obelisks
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of Russian neoclassical style obelisks of malachite. Square, tapered shafts on a raised panel stepped base. Great color to malachite. One obelisk has a slight 'lean' to the up...
Category
20th Century Russian Neoclassical Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Malachite
Pair, Grand Tour Neoclassical Bronze & Marble Mounted Blue John Specimen Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, 19th century.
An exceptional and rare pair of Grand Tour period Neoclassical columns. Each column has a stepped bronze and white marble plinth and base that is separated b...
Category
19th Century British Grand Tour Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Signed Hand Carved Cameo on Conch Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful signed hand carved cameo on conch shell made in Italy, circa 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 5.5" W x 4.5" D x 3...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
A Piece of Mars - Martian Meteorite
Located in London, GB
MARTIAN STONE - NWA 14713
Lherzolitic shergottite
127 g
“This 127-gram fragment of the NWA 14713 meteorite displays a green-black mottled exterior. The rock is a martian shergottite (a basalt) composed mainly of coarse grains of pyroxene as well as calcium-plagioclase glass. This glass, called maskelynite, formed from crystalline plagioclase when the specimen was blasted off the surface of Mars by an energetic collision. There are currently less than 350 known martian meteorites...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Fossilised Dinosaur Skin
Located in London, GB
Fossilised Skin of a Brachylophosaurus
Approx. 80 Million y/o
An exceptional specimen of fossilised dinosaur skin, preserving the hexagonal scales of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Monolithic Stone Meteorite
Located in London, GB
Unclassified Meteorite
Stone
Height: 36.83 cm
42.5 kg
A dramatic extraterrestrial sculpture, of monolithic form, covered in a thick grey-brown fusion crust and with areas of sandy deposits from untold years spent on the desert floor. Formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter during the formation of our solar system, some 4.55 billion years ago, this large stone would have been separated from its parent body by an enormous impact before journeying through interplanetary space and eventually reaching Earth.
Upon atmospheric entry it would have reached cosmic velocity, heating the surrounding air to 1700°C and producing a large ball of fire. The heat was sufficient to melt the outer surface of the stone, exposing a new surface which in turn also melted away, losing as much as 95% of its initial mass before reaching the ground. The last molten layer to form as it collided with the Earth covered the stone in a layer of fusion crust, evidence of the incredible impact force delivered by this extraordinary specimen.
“This unclassified stone meteorite was found in Northwest Africa. It has a relatively smooth, dark brown, slightly weathered fusion crust; some small melt veins are visible on the surface. Due to the near-absence of terrestrial rocks in this region of the Sahara, meteorite hunting in this area has yielded many notable discoveries.”
Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Pair Of 1890s Brown Marble Obelisks With Carved Floral Motif
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1890s carved marble obelisks with floral motif.
Category
1890s Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Polished Labradorite Freeform from Madagascar (12 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality polished purple Labradorite freeform with with its mesmerizing colors and iridescent sheen, carries a deep spiritual meaning that can ig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Genuine Polished Smoky Quartz Sphere from Brazil (4 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
Wulfenite from Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Very sculptural large crystals of translucent orange-brown wulfenite with satin luster on the broad crystal faces.
Weight: 1.4 lbs, D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal
Natural Red Coral Mounted on 18th Century Giltwood Fragment
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand-crafted sculpture specimen of natural red coral branches mounted on a 18th century giltwood urn fragment base.
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
Gogotte formation
circa 30 Million y/o
Measures : 42 x 21 x 63 cm.
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation, composed of thick swirls and fo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Sandstone
Cross Section of Exceptional Lunar Meteorite
Located in London, GB
“This 149-gram slice of the Gadamis 004 lunar meteorite contains a wide variety of sizes of light-colored angular anorthositic clasts. These silicate c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Libyan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Large Chondrite Meteorite with Regmaglypts
Located in London, GB
NWA 12759
Stone, Chondrite - L5
18.3 KG
“This specimen of the NWA 12759 L5 chondrite has a smooth posterior fusion crust where meteoritic melt pooled as the rock descended through the atmosphere and was heated by friction with molecules of air. The meteorite is from the L-chondrite asteroid that was destroyed by an energetic collision 470 million years ago.”
Dr Alan E. Rubin, PhD Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
Detached from its parent body by a mighty impact, this large, oriented meteorite travelled over a hundred million miles through space before falling to Earth in the North African desert. Beautiful regmaglypts radiate from the apex of its cone shaped nose. These elongated dimples formed when streaks of superheated molten rock streamed off the meteor’s surface as it blazed through the atmosphere. The entire piece is coated in a glossy, umber-coloured fusion crust and close examination reveals remnants of encrusted, orange dirt.
Whilst most meteors tumble as they travel through the Earth’s atmosphere, oriented meteorites...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
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
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Antique 19th Century Italian Carved Cameo Conch Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite and unique, this Italian intricately hand-carved conch shell depicting the Roman goddess of Day and Night dates back to the 19th century and showcases the exceptional craft...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Wood
Giant Desert Rose Selenite
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural statement piece is one gigantic, excellent quality specimen of Mexican desert rose selenite: a variety of gypsum. Out of Naica near the famous Cave of Crystals, the m...
Category
2010s Mexican Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Natural Lemurian Quartz Crystal from Brazil (1.65 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
This natural 1.65 lb Brazilian Lemurian Quartz is a large single specimen, featuring transparency and an intact termination. No damage is present, and the crystal is unpolished. Clea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
High Quality Half Amethyst Geode with Calcite Formation
Located in London, GB
A stunning half geode with an incredible amethyst and overlaid calcite formation at the bottom. The interior of the piece is a very deep cavity which presents very high-quality ameth...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
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.