many different types of rocks on display on a white surface
Accademia Fine Art

499 - THIRTEEN COLLECTIBLE MINERAL AND FOSSIL SPECIMENS
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Estimate €50 - €100
Description
THIRTEEN COLLECTIBLE MINERAL AND FOSSIL SPECIMENS Lot comprising a large specimen of native sulphur, a fragment of fossilised coral (Madrepora), two ‘desert roses’ (gypsum) of different sizes, a cluster of quartz crystals, two small complementary specimens, including a small druse of mamelon-shaped crystals (chalcedony or aragonite) on matrix, a porous sedimentary fragment, a small open quartz geode lined with sparkling micro-crystals, presented on its original wooden plinth bearing an old label inscribed: “QUARTZ GEODE / LANDES”, a large iron pyrite crystal displaying fine crystallisation, a slab of green metamorphic rock (schist or chlorite schist type), three blocks of rough minerals and rock matrix, and a fragment of light-coloured sedimentary or vein rock. Dimensions (tallest point): h. 9 cm
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