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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.
NH6013
Lot of 10 Apache Tears Obsidian Mineral Specimens
This is a lot of Apache Tears in their rough, unpolished form. Apache tear is the popular name for natural rounded obsidian, which is a black or...
$3.79
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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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Large Tumbled Rutilated Quartz Specimen, Good Paperweight
This is a large tumbled chunk of rutilated quartz. It was included in an estate rock collection. It is tinted gray or smoky (the golden tint in the...
$8.99
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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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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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