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Natural History
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...
$13.99
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11 Mineral specimens from estate collection, Grieger's
We are offering for one money these 11 mineral samples from an estate collection. They include what I believe is a "Fantasy Stone" from Bryce Canyon,...
$9.99
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15 mineral specimens from estate collection, Grieger's
We are offering for one money these 15 mineral samples from an estate collection. They include a manganophyllite specimen (this mineral is called...
$7.29
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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...
$8.99
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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...
$14.99
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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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