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Natural Specimens For Sale
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz from Fujian, China
Located in New York, NY
From Tongbei-Yunling District, Fujian Province, China
Translucent dark-red spessartine garnets with dark gray smoky quartz crystals on microcline a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Aquamarine on Muscovite from Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Lustrous light blue aquamarine crystals with composed of bladed silvery muscovite crystal in a radiating sprays. The aq...
Category
2010s Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with a fossil coral head on a rock coral floret base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from t...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Natural Malachite Rock on Display Stand as Chinese Scholar Stone
Located in Atlanta, GA
A natural malachite rock specimen with striking green and black colors fitted on a wood stand for viewing and meditating. The front of the gemstone features tight and small polished botryoidal form, revealing a beautiful, mottled pattern with intense colors of contrasting green and black. The back is natural with exposed malachite fibers fused in the bedrock. The slab form rock is displayed as a viewing stone on a fitted wood base by an American collector of Chinese scholar rocks. Known as "Peacock Rock" in Chinese, there was a more recent tradition in China (from Qing Dynasty and on) to collect the exotic gemstones such as malachite and turquoise specimen...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Artist Roger Capron Ceramic Tile in the Style of a Prehistoric Fossil Fish
By Roger Capron
Located in St. Louis, MO
Roger Capron French (1922–2006) large ceramic tile evocative of a prehistoric fossil fish, executed in intricate, dimensional detail and finished in...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic
Sphalerite with Pyrite from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru
Located in New York, NY
From Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru.
Large lustrous striated cubic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals with black-metallic sphalerite crystals.
Weight: 15 lbs, Dimension...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
2000s Italian Moss Green Gold Murano Art Glass Cactus Plant with Orange Flowers
By Fornace Mian
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian highly collectible potted glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Fornace Mian, in a lifelike org...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Gold
Natural Malachite Obelisk Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This one-of-a-kind malachite obelisk is one of the best I have come across, with pleasing proportions, a regal design, and a degree of complexity requiring greater skill and precisio...
Category
20th Century European Other Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Onyx
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple yellow fluorite from elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
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
Woven Pastel Mandala No 6, a mixed coloured glass sculpture by Layne Rowe
By Layne Rowe
Located in London, GB
'Woven Pastel Mandala No 6 (shiny)' 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 which informs his love for detail, a constant theme for his ever-evolving creations. The Woven series in particular is the result of intricate layers of varied coloured canes which are manipulated to follow and twist around the form of the piece, creating movement. These are then cold cut to reveal the vibrant colours hidden beneath the surface.
In his own words:
“The effect is like water over precious stones or the rock with its glimmering colours beneath reflecting natural growth and corrosion. I enjoy observing people’s reactions to my work, everything is up for interpretation, as my work is diverse, complex and sometimes subversive. It invites you to look again and again. My introduction to hot glass gave me an insatiable desire to explore this medium to its limits. I find glass an inspiration in itself but have found inspiration from the natural world and its issues”
Rowe’s journey with glass began during his degree course in 3D design at the University of Central Lancashire. During the following seven years he worked alongside a number of glassmakers at the London Glass Blowing hot shop, enhancing and Fine-tuning his skills before moving to Brazil. During this time Rowe set up his own glass studio but also experienced a different working environment alongside Industrial glassmakers.
On returning to the UK with an initial set-up in Hertfordshire, he rejoined London Glassblowing, where he has worked on and off from 2005 to the present day. Currently, Rowe now makes his work at a number of studios all-over the UK and also produces Peter Layton...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pyrite Cluster with Quartz from Peru ( 20 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Pyrite with Quartz from Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru.
Complex cluster of colorless quartz crystals inter grown with metallic yellow pyrite crysta...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Labradorite XL Front Polished
Located in BAARN, UT
151 kg. Labradorite is named after the Canadian peninsula of Labrador where the rock was first found and described.
It is a plagioclase feldspar that rarely if ever forms crystals a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Tall Driftwood Freestanding Sculpture with Metal Leaves and Carved Wood Birds
Located in Miami, FL
A unique and organic sculpture using driftwood intertwined with oxidized metal leaves and cattails. There are two hand carved birds perching on the wood. The sculpture is in wonderfu...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Driftwood
18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite, Calcite Crystals, and Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment with chalcopyrite on a druzy crystal matrix with calcite crystals and gold-plate kyanite.
Th...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Stunning Antique Bronze Sculpture / Statue of a Well Dressed Venetian Merchant
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare, striking and highly decorative antique bronze sculpture.
This beautifully dressed and perfectly handcrafted bronze sculpture of a merchant from Venice comes with the most wo...
Category
19th Century European Belle Époque Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Bronze
20th Century Tribal Bamboo Comb, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid to late 20th century incised bamboo comb, Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
This large incised comb is typical of the bamboo combs of the Huon Gulf area. This parti...
Category
Late 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Natural Specimens
Materials
Bamboo
Brucite from Pakistan
Located in New York, NY
From Qilla (Killa) Saifullah Chrome Mines, northwestern Baluchistan, Pakistan
Large elongated cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent lemon-yellow brucite crystals in hemis...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Antique 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 he...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Rare Vintage Male Double Wattled Casoari Taxidermy 'Causuarius Casuarius'
Located in Leuven , BE
Mounted on an oak square base with wheels, feathers in good condition, vintage colors and for the species recognizable bald feathers on intact wings.
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Natural Specimens
Materials
Organic Material
Selection of Specimen Marble and Stone Spheres
Located in London, London
Specimen marble spheres
Different stones
Sizes are 15cm, 13cm, 10cm and 8cm diameter
Age unknown
Category
20th Century Grand Tour Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
Hematite Mineral with Quartz Crystal Cluster from Morocco
Located in New York, NY
Red Quartz Hematite crystal cluster from Izizauen Alnif, Tarhbalt, Morocco.
2014 find of lustrous brick red hematite included quartz crystal cluster coated with second generation ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Natural Quartz Point on White Feldspar Crystal From Himalaya Mountains, India
Located in New York, NY
Huge, museum-quality, Himalayan quartz generator crystal, sitting on a large, white Feldspar crystal, both perfectly terminated with top luster. This pi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Black Efflorescence II, Floral Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Vanessa Hogge
Located in London, GB
Black Efflorescence II is a unique hand-sculpted stoneware sculpture completely covered in a variety of flowers and blooms, each individually handmade by the British artist Vanessa Hogge.
Vanessa Hogge breathes life into her clay in the form of dahlias, chrysanthemums, agapanthus, daisies, agaves and roses. Inspired by her passion for all things botanical, and influences as diverse as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe and Marianne North...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Cobaltoan Calcite Mineral From Shaba, Congo
Located in New York, NY
From Mashamba West, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)
Large complex cluster of lustrous pink translucent flattened rhombohedral cobalt-rich Calc...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Collected Sculptural Danian-Aged Round Stone Formed 63 Million Years ago
Located in København K, 84
Exceptionally beautiful balanced sculptural stone formed in the Danian age 63 million years ago. Impressive find and a exquisite natural decoration for the sophisticated interior des...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Danish Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
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
Calcite on Amethyst cluster From Uruguay
Located in New York, NY
From San Eugenio, Artigas Dept., Uruguay
Large 6'' sharp scalenohedral crystal of Calcite centered on matrix of grape purple translucent to transparent top-quality Uruguayan Amethyst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Other
Septarian on Custom Made Metal Base
Located in BAARN, UT
Cut and polished to reveal internal calcite and aragonite structures, supported on fitted custom stand.
Septarian nodules or clay spheres occur be...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Natural Rock Crystal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Natural rock crystal sculpture on stand
Measures: 13”/L x 9”/D x 5”/H without stand.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal
Quartz var. Amethyst Flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Quartz var. Amethyst flower from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Aesthetic formation of lustrous transparent purple amethyst quartz crystals in fan-shaped aggregate. These formations a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Brazilian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Amethyst, Other
Triton Shell Bird Sculpture
By Binazzi
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century bird or stork sculpture crafted with silvered metal, brass, and an organic conch shell in a familiar pose. Stamped Binazzi Firenze on the base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal
Azurite with Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Located in New York, NY
From Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
This specimen has lustrous rich blue wedge-shaped azurite crystals inter-grown partially covering one side of its white clay-rich matrix...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Crocoite from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Located in New York, NY
From red lead mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
Colorful specimen of bright red-orange translucent crocoite crystals on brown gossan with minor yellowish-white gibbsite microcryst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Australian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Blue Barite From Morocco
Located in New York, NY
From Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, L'Oriental Region, Morocco.
Here is a superb incredible new blue Barite that have been discovered this p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Pyrite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China
Located in New York, NY
From Daye Mine, Hubei Province, China.
Large metallic mirror luster intergrown cubes of golden pyrite on quartz and pyrite enriched matrix lined with ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Pyrite, Other
Aragonite from Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Located in New York, NY
Aragonite from Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain.
Lustrous interconnected purple-gray crystals with minor matrix. Color ranges fro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Large Scale Banalinga 'Shiva Lingam' Stone for Display
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Scale Banalinga (Shiva Lingam) stone for display
Outstanding large scale specimen from India
Dimensions 9" long x 5.5" diameter
Banalinga is discovered in nature and not carved or crafted by human hands.
This Shiva Lingam comes exclusively from the Narmada River, one of India’s seven sacred holy sites. The stones resemble markings found on the forehead of Lord Shiva...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Gem Apophyllite Mineral From, India
Located in New York, NY
Gem Apophyllite from Pashan Hill Quarry, Poona District, Maharashtra, India.
Lustrous transparent bi-colored apophyllite crystals long with translucent pink stilbite crystals in a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Botanic Model of Different Type of Inflorescences, Italy, 1930
By Paravia
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanic didactical model of the different types of inflorescences specimen made out of hand painted plaster red buds, copper metal green branches and rubber central component ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Metal, Copper
Tourmaline
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Measures: 5.1 cm tall x 2 cm wide.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Herkimer Quartz Cluster from Herkimer County, New York
Located in New York, NY
Doubly-terminated, stacked cluster of Herkimer Quartz crystals from Herkimer County, New York. This aesthetic specimen, translucent to transparent 3d diamond shaped cluster, is in pr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Quartz, Other
Tourmaline
Located in New York, NY
Tourmaline
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.6 cm tall x 3 cm wide
This colorful tourmaline comes from the recent discoveries in ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Located in New York, NY
Purple Yellow Fluorite from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.
Transparent 3D cubic formation of bi colored purple fluorite with gem yellow core. Bright vibrant core w...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Galena from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Located in New York, NY
Galena from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Bright metallic galena crystals with mirror-like surface luster with minor quartz. The galena crystals ha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal
Fluorite Mineral from Hunan, China
Located in New York, NY
Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan Province, China.
Huge cluster of fully crystallized, gem-purple fluorite crystals. The transparent fluorite crystals are lus...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Otter and Loss, Taxidermy in a Glass Machine, London Piccadilly
By Rowland Ward
Located in Lisboa, PT
Otter and loss - Taxidermy in a glass machine - London Piccadilly, Rowland Ward Ld. 19th Century.
Taxidermy is the art and process of preserving, mounting, and displaying animal spe...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass
Geode Section with Rare Amethyst Formation and Intense Green Shell
Located in London, GB
This striking section cut from the centre of a geode, contains an unusual formation of calcite with a blanket of amethyst crystals. The borders are polished to reveal the beautiful c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Geode Heart with Rare Formations and Double Colour Crystals Amethyst and Quartz
Located in London, GB
From the “heart” of a large geode, this specimen shows various crystal
formations of note. The multi-windowed piece shows amethyst in typical
peaked form as well as stellate white quartz formations...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Genuine Natural Barite on Calcite Pseudomorph from, India
Located in New York, NY
From Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Large pale snow white pseudomorph crystal of gem transparent calcite crystals coated with sparkling barite micro crystals. In pristine conditi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
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
Golden Barite with Marcasite Crystals from Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
Located in New York, NY
From Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
Complex intersecting formation of lustrous gem translucent golden barite crystals with lustrous faces and sharp modified rhombic faces.
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Other
Organic Modern Hand Carved Malachite and Rose Quartz Egg Sculptural Set of 4
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Organic Modern Hand Carved Malachite and Rose Quartz Egg Sculptural Set of 4. Midcentury green malachite hand-burnished egg set of 3 with one large rose qu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Malachite, Quartz
Natural Seashell Trumpet Triton Sea Snail
Located in Miami, FL
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 Unknown Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell
Quartz Var. Grape Agate from Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
From near Pantai Manakarra, Mamuju, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Double-sided cluster of translucent grape purple quartz agate in spherical formations with a radial internal structure and are found in cavities in pillow basalt. Also known as Grape Agate...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Quartz, Other
Pyrite Cluster from Huanuco Province, Peru
Located in New York, NY
A classic and very attractive specimen of Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Province, Peru. Complex pyritohedron cluster with striated crystal faces and a metallic mirror luster wit...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Natural Specimens
Materials
Crystal, Pyrite, Other
Original Design, Space Box, Russian Sikhote Alin 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...
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Acrylic
Large amethyst chapel with calcite and stalactites
Located in London, GB
Another large amethyst chapel, the corresponding half of the original geode,
showing deep purple amethyst crystals punctuated with small stalacti...
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.