a good reference quality example for the collector, consisting of scattered benitoite crystals measuring to 12. 50 mm, of variegated blue to white color on hardstone matrix interspersed with neptunite crystal clusters. 12.70 x 8.76 x 7.37 cm.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
Nashik Quarry, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India, a lovely example from the Indian zeolite family, the orange pink tabular stilbite crystal serving as a base for Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
19th Century Hawaiian Flora/Fauna Pressed and Printed Specimen Book, the spine labeled "Na Lau Hawaii." Provenance: A New Bedford, Massachusetts, sea captain. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-29
Hardin County, Illinois, United States, collected in 1972, featuring a central deep purplish blue fluorite crystal with a nearly complete surround of sharply terminated calcite Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
Hardin County, Illinois, United States, collected in 1972, purply fluorite crystals host a dense overgrowth of creamy calcite crystals and an unidentified acicular crystallization, possibly Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-11-19
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain "Flora Danica" Fish-decorated Serving Platter and Strainer, 20th century, an oval serving platter, painted to center with a highly realistic fish Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-09
Likely Australian, 20th century. A dramatic opal boulder specimen in ironstone matrix, this precious opal has rainbows of color ranging from washes of deep blue Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-10-17
Hardin County, Illinois, United States, collected in 1972, this showy specimen features a central cubic crystal with a deep golden yellow core, an intermediate purple Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, an aesthetic and significantly sized specimen from this relatively new source, the icelike cubes of pale green fluorite climb along Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
China, a rare specimen from this uncommon source in a substantial size, containing numerous insects, a spider and various plant manner, resting on a carved Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-09-16
Lacquered Brass and Wood-handled Compass Microscope, France, early 19th century, a thumbscrew adjusts the specimen slide's distance from the adjustable eyepiece, black-painted turned wood handle, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
