Natural History - Large Desert Rose Mineral Display

. A very large selenite gypsum 'desert rose' composed of blades of selenite with gypsum sand inclusions. 3.1 kg, 22 cm wide (8 5/8 in.). From a Humberside, UK, collection. [No Reserve]

A large piece of gypsum, or 'desert rose', with multiple sheets of white crystals flattened on the crystallographic axis, fanning open into clusters of nodules. Found North Africa; from the historic �

A large piece of gypsum, or 'desert rose', with multiple sheets of frosted white crystals flattened on the crystallographic axis, fanning open in radiating flattened crystal clusters. Found North Afri

A 'desert rose' consisting of a number of bladed selenite gypsum crystals, several with 'hourglass' sand inclusions. See Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis, Rocks & Minerals, 2008, p.212-213. 150 grams, 11.3c

Found 2022 A.D. The cut and polished slice held in a custom-made collector's display box. 51 grams total, 84 mm wide including case (3 3/8 in.). From the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Property of a Sus

Comprising: popcorn quartz, amethyst, agate, smoky quartz, brown obsidian, citrine, pyrite, 'desert rose', and others. 823 grams total, 23-81 mm (7/8 - 3 1/8 in.). Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.Grego

Comprising a large irregular mass. 60 grams, 50 mm (2 in.). From Morocco, Sahara Desert. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. [No Reserve]

A fine crystal of green aquamarine with transparent areas, flat, lustrous faces, and a pinacoidal termination, in old white card tray. See Bonewitz, Dr. Ronald Louis, Rocks & Minerals, 2008, p.290. 22

. A cluster of large selenite 'desert rose' specimens. 1 kg, 15 cm (6 in.). From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. [No Reserve]

A group of ten large 'Desert Rose' crystalline gypsum specimens with sand grain inclusions. 964 grams total, 56-65mm (2 1/4 - 2 1/2"). From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock

Group of five richly coloured pieces of rose quartz, from South Africa. Found South Africa; from the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregor

Very Large Selenite 'Desert Rose' Mineral. Les Hunter Designs Marked Potato Chip Selenite, Mexico. L17" x H8.5" Base L9" x W6" x H1" Good condition for age, some chipping, see photos for details NAVIS

Cretaceous Period, circa 100 million years B.P.. Featuring two echinoid specimens in an irregular matrix. 2.8 kg, 17.5 cm (7 in.). From Morocco, North Africa. [No Reserve]

A large single amethyst crystal from a now extinct Australian deposit, with generally lighter, lilac amethyst but with the edges of the faces highlighted in darker amethyst. Found Australia; from the

Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P. The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers and set on a textured freestanding matrix. 15.8 kg, 1.01 m (39 3/4 in.).

Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.. The freestanding textured matrix containing four specimens. 1.77 kg, 18 cm high (7 1/8 in.). Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. [No Reserve]

Jurassic Period, circa 180-185 million years B.P.. Presenting an Amaltheus stokesi fossil ammonite in a matrix, together with other fossil inclusions. 1.2 kg, 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). From Hawsker, North

Miocene Period, circa 25 million years B.P.. Composed of several fossil sea urchins or sand dollars in a matrix. 4.6 kg, 34.5 cm (13 5/8 in.). From France.

Two Large Rose Quartz Natural Mineral Specimens Used condition Largest appx. 7-1/2"h x 5-1/2"w x 4-1/2"d

Natural history Obsidian mineral specimen, large with natural inclusions and smoothed surface. 2.75" H X 13" W X 11.5" D.

A Desert Rose Mineral Specimen. Resting on a metal and composite display Specimen approx: 9.5" x 11.5" x 7"

A large pink agate crystal slice, polished on both faces; colour-enhanced. 484 grams, 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). From Antigas, Uraguay.Mineral Imports, London, UK.Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). [No R

. With enhanced pink-colour and also showing translucent to opaque quartz crystals. 539 grams, 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). [No Reserve]

A cut and polished agate slice displaying crystals to the exposed inner surfaces; a naturally-occurring smiling face formed in the polished surface composed of two large circular eyes and a crescent-s