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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Place of Origin: European
Collection of Museum Mineral Specimens in Display Case
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of museum mineral specimens in a display case with a removable lid. Presented in a sleek glazed case with a removable lid, the set includes 30 European minerals includin...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Pink Fluorite on Smoky Quartz, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
PINK FLUORITE ON SMOKY QUARTZ
Tiefengletscher, Furka, Uri, Switzerland
28.5 cm tall x 12.7 cm wide
In the mineral kingdom there are hierarchies, not all of them actually correct. Bu...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Smoky Quartz Gwindel, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
SMOKY QUARTZ GWINDEL
Les Courtes, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
12 cm tall x 12 cm wide
This Alpine region is most well known...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Collection of Natural History Specimens in Antique Case
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A Collection of natural history specimens in an antique glazed display case. Housing 27 exquisite fossils and minerals this is truly a cabinet of curiosities; including three corals,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Natural Fiber
Citrine Crystals in Matrix and Mounted on an 18th Century Italian Gilt Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Citrine crystals in matrix mounted on a gilded 18th century Italian base. The citrine crystal specimen is adorned with baroque pearls and it sits in a bed of crushed crystals and coo...
Category
18th Century Organic Modern Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Giant Titanites Ammonite Fossil on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb giant ammonite fossil of the Titanites Giganteus variety mounted on a bespoke steel stand with sandstone base. Ex. private collection of Gordon Walkden.
Sourced from Worth Quarry, Swanage on Britain’s Jurassic Coast, this impressive large-scale ammonite spans a length of 66 cm (25.89 in). It is an excellent example of the Titanites variety, with a defined scroll shape and natural, stone-like texture with distinctive fossilised chambers present throughout. The Titanites variety of ammonite date back as far as 152 million years to the late Tithonian period.
Provenance: From the fascinating collection of Gordon Walkden (1944-2022), emeritus Professor of Geology at Aberdeen University. Affectionally known as Aberdeen’s answer to Indiana Jones, Walkden contributed enormously to research through his papers and talks on British marbles, minerals and fossils...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Collection of Mounted Native Copper Specimens
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of 6 natural, native copper specimens, each presented on an exclusive small wooden display base.
Ex. private British collection, this group includes a range of superb s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Copper
Collection of 7 Small Cabinet Mineral Specimens
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A varied and colourful collection of 7 natural mineral specimens, each presented on an exclusive small wooden display base.
Ex. private British collection, this group contains a ran...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Natural Fiber
White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Antique European Natural Specimens
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Located in Marbella, ES
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Located in Marbella, ES
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Located in Marbella, ES
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Located in Marbella, ES
Natural Quartz Geode Decorative Object
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Large Natural Gogotte Formation
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
A Gogotte Formation
Of natural form, dating from the Oligocene period (30 Million years ago). Beguiling natural mineral formation, they are the result of calcium carbonate binding w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Large finest blue-purple fluorite
Located in London, GB
Presented is an exceptional specimen of blue-purple Fluorite,
with a serene light blue hue that evokes the clear sky of a
summer’s day. Originating from the esteemed La Viesca mine i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Pyrite
Exceptional blue-purple fluorite with pyrite
Located in London, GB
Exquisite specimen of blue-purple fluorite from the renowned
La Viesca Mine in Asturias, which closed in 2020, making pieces
like this increasingly rare. The specimen boasts vibrant ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Pyrite
Brahin Pallasite Meteorite Slice
Located in New York, NY
This meteorite was acquired from the Bethany Sciences collection and was once a part of the private collection of Meteorite Man Robert A. Haag. It includes an informational Certifica...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
24 Gram Brahin Meteorite Slice
Located in New York, NY
This meteorite was acquired from the Bethany Sciences collection and was once a part of the private collection of Meteorite Man Robert A. Haag. It includes an informational Certifica...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Butterscotch Amber From Ukraine // 322 Grams
Located in New York, NY
Baltic Region
Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. This is an unusually large specimen of butterscotch ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Angel and a Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian gilded angel mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with a natural-forming baroque pearl.The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbolizes God's unconditional love for mankind.
Hematoid Quartz is a quartz crystal that contains Hematite inclusions. It is polished and sculpted into a heart and adorned with the Italian gilt putto and baroque pearl.
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 and the period shows that the Italian putto...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Elestial Quartz and Ecphora Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Rock Coral Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a rock coral base with miniature fossil shells.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Large Natural Tropaeum Ammonite Fossil
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A superb naturally occurring tropaeum ammonite fossil mounted on one of our exclusive large display plinths originating from Whale Chine, Chale Bay, Isle of Wight.
Dating from the early cretaceous period (145 – 100 million years ago), this large ammonite fossil catches the eye with its deep protruding ridges and distinct, partly uncoiled, coil; traits characteristic of the tropaeum variety. Ex. British collection, it is a brilliantly preserved example of the prehistoric ammonite, becoming the focal point of a collector’s cabinet or interior display.
Provenance
From the fascinating collection of Gordon Walkden (1944-2022), emeritus Professor of Geology at Aberdeen University. Affectionally known as Aberdeen’s answer to Indiana Jones, Walkden contributed enormously to research through his papers and talks on British marbles, minerals and fossils...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Muonionalusta Meteorite Cube // 2" Diameter // 4.5 Billion Years Old
Located in New York, NY
This piece displays the beauty of the Muonionalusta meteorite in the form of a cube. It is extreamly rare to find a cube of any meteorite above an inch and this piece is 2 inches cub...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron, Nickel
18th Century Italian Fragment Base on Agate and Mounted with Mica and Tourmaline
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick base with natural-forming mica and tourmaline. The gilded fragment base was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian churc...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Fragment with Pyrite and a Baroque Pearl on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base with coordinating pyrite and a baroque pearl on a lucite base. The fragment was originally part of a hand-carved piece in a historical I...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Fragment with Mica in Matrix and Crystal Quartz Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment decorated with mica and crystal quartz points on a polished agate base. The 18th century fragment originally came from a candlestick in a his...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Agate, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Mounted on Phantom Optical Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold mica and baroque pearls on a phantom optical calcite base.
The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Pyrite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick with pyrite in matrix on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Mica in Matrix and Silver Leaf Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian base decorated with mica in matrix, and silver leaf shells on an antique metal base decorated with church vestment braid. The 18th century fragment ba...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver Leaf, Metal
Natural Ammonite Death Bed Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A natural ammonite death bed mounted on a wooden and steel stand, originating from Schlaifhausen near Forchheim, Germany. Once a living creature, this ammonite has developed its arra...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Natural Fiber
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Cross on a Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and a cross-shaped baroque pear...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Sunray Mounted on a Yellow Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural Sacred Heart - 18th century Italian sunray mounted on a yellow hematoid heart and adorned with yellow crystal quartz points. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral and a Silver Leaf Shell
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick top fragment with polished agate coral and a coordinating silver-leaf shell.
The hand-carved, 18th century silver candlestick top origin...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Silver Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Fragment with Pyrite in Matrix on Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian gilded candlestick fragment with pyrite in matrix on a polished agate base.
The fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Pyrite, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlestick with Chalcopyrite and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with baroque pearls.
This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a historical church in I...
Category
18th Century Baroque Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with chalcopyrite and calcite crystals in matrix.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italia...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Candlestick Fragment with Galena and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with galena and pyrite deposits.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in Italy...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Optical Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a optical calcite base. The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with na...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick top with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It ha...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Engraved Nautilus shell - Netherlands, 18th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Engraved Nautilus shell
Netherlands, 18th century
13 x 10 x 7 cm
Although fragmentary this beautiful nautilus preserves almost intact a beautiful hunting scene.
The 18th century ...
Category
18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Cadmium Smithsonite, Masua Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Prov, Sardinia, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Cadmium Smithsonite, Masua Mine, Iglesias, South Sardinia Prov, Sardinia, Italy
5.8 cm diameter
The Masua Mine began operation in 1857 and operated for over 130 years until its offi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Other
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with a Faceted Black Crystal on Obsidian
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf fragment with a faceted cut black crystal on a free-forming obsidian mineral with a polished face.
Obsidian is naturally occurring volcanic glass prod...
Category
18th Century Modern Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Lava, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with Black Irradiated Crystals on Obsidian
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf fragment with a black irradiated crystals on a free-forming obsidian mineral with a polished face.
Obsidian is naturally occurring volcanic glass prod...
Category
18th Century Organic Modern Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Lava, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Pyrophyllite in Crystal Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian base mounted with pyrophyllite in a crystal quartz matrix on a pyrophyllite and quartz base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence, Italy. It was found and...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Large Gogottte
Located in London, GB
A rare Gogotte formation – a millions-of-years old naturally shaped sandstone concretion, consisting of tiny quartz fragments held together by cal...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz
Rare limonite formation
Located in London, GB
Intense yellow - orange limonite formation
Origin: Benalmadena Trinidad Mine - Malaga - Spain
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Rare limonite formation with quartz
Located in London, GB
Intense yellow - orange limonite formation with inclusions of white quartz.
Origin: Benalmadena Trinidad Mine - Malaga - Spain
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Sunray with Tangerine Crystal Quartz on Angle-Plated Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray adorned with tangerine crystal quartz points on an angle plated quartz. Angle-plated quartz is an extremely rare form of quartz and is only found in the u...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Pair of Large 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Marble Finish Statues
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395-million-year-old Fossilized Orthoceras statues
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a gui...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Large Natural British Dogtooth Calcite Specimen
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An outstanding large British natural dogtooth calcite specimen from Cheddar Gorge, Somerset UK. This native British specimen is a rare find. Formed ov...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Silver Wire Mineral Specimen with Calcite Crystals – Kongsberg, Norway
Located in Edison, NJ
Native silver is among a handful of minerals that have been deemed inherently valuable by mankind since antiquity. In the world of mineral collecting, silver specimens and sulfosalts...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
Gunmetal Hematite Crystal Mineral Specimen- England, UK
Located in Edison, NJ
Mankind has loved hematite for its sleek beauty and red undertones since its first discovery. It has been utilized as a reddening pigment by the ancient Egyptians, mined by the Etrus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Metal
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 Baroque Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf, Metal
18th Century Italian Gilded Angels on Amethyst and Calcite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels mounted on amethyst and calcite in matrix. The hand-carved angels were once part of a he...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Amethyst, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Ribbon Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Selenite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian ribbon fragment with natural-forming baroque pearls on a selenite slab.
The Italian ribbon fragment original came from a...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Natural Gogotte Formation
Located in London, GB
'Louis XIV' Gogotte Formation
Measures: circa 30 Million y/o
105 x 76 x 15 cm
A magnificent example of a gogotte formation, nicknamed Louis XIV, composed of thick swirls and folds of sparkling sandstone. Discovered in the Oligocene sand dunes of Fontainebleau, France, formed circa 30 million years before present or later. The incredible, almost otherworldly appearance of gogottes may easily be mistaken for the work of a most talented artist. In fact, these sandstone sculptures are entirely natural in origin. They have been found in multiple locations but those from Fontainebleau, such as the present example, are the most remarkable. Thirty-five million years ago, a sea covered what is now the forest of Fontainebleau, and dunes of exceptionally fine and homogenous sand formed. As silica-rich water filtered through this sand, it turned into stone. The flow of water finely modelled the sandstone into the forms we now know as gogottes. These are rare and are only found sporadically, several metres buried underground. They owe their sparkling white appearance to the extreme and unmatched purity of the Fontainebleau sand, sometimes reaching a composition of 99.9% silica. Each of them is unique – a masterpiece slowly fashioned by the hands of Nature.
The name “gogotte” was coined by French geologist Claude Guillemin (1923- 1994), inspired by the children’s book series Babar the Elephant...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique European Natural Specimens
Materials
Sandstone
