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The first amateur geologists were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. Eventually, however, more and more people have been drawn to amateur geology for recreational purposes, mainly for the beauty that rocks and minerals provide. Fossil collecting, or fossil hunting, is the collection of fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit. Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs. Professionals and amateurs alike collect fossils for their scientific value. A commercial trade in fossils has also long existed. Rocks, minerals, fossils, arrowheads, and other natural history items are included in this category. These are items that we have found at estate sales or at auction that may have been part of a collection.
NH6008



11 cabochon slabs mineral specimens agate, petrified wood, more

This is an assortment of small slab pieces from the estate of a lapidarist. There are various agates, a small piece of landscape stone, a piece of...

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NH6009



2.5 lb chunk Tigers Eye 2 1/4" thick gold blue lapidary

This is an unusually thick chunk of tigers eye. It was part of an estate collection of a lapidarist. It is somewhat triangular in form and nearly 6.5...

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NH6011



2.5 lbs - 14 Different Lapidary Stone Mineral Specimens Slabs

This lot of 14 different lapidary stone mineral specimens cabochon slabs sold for making jewelry cabochons. The slabs include a piece that is either...

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NH4003



23 Mineral specimens from estate collection, Grieger's

We are offering for one money these 23 mineral samples from an estate collection. Included in the lot are two pieces of pyrite, druzy citrine quartz,...

$18.99
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NH6018



3+ lbs of Tumbling Stones Apache Tears, Agate, Jaspers, minerals

This is an estate lot of rough or partially tumble stones from a collector and lapidarist active in 1970s and 1980s. There are about 30 rough Apache...

$9.99
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NHAC05



Fossil Mammal Molar, possibly 3 Toed horse, estate specimen

This is a fossil mammal molar. It is about 4 cm at its longest dimensions. It was part of an estate collection with specimens going back to 30 or 40...

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