Botryoidal Galaxy Stone - Special Sphere Collection Sphere with botryoidal cavity – a natural structure rich in details - Height: 58 mm - Width: 58 mm- 210 g
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Botryoidal Galaxy Stone specimen in a special sphere collection, a 58 mm diameter sphere weighing 210 g from Brazil, with a botroidal hollow and a natural, detailed structure.
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A piece that immediately captures the eye: a sphere sculpted from a mineral nodule, with a wide internal cavity where the botryoidal growth presents itself in all its complexity. The outer surfaces display warm shades – beige, cream, pink touches, and gray veining – while the interior reveals a completely different world, deeper and darker, dotted with microcrystals that sparkle in the light.
The inner part is composed of rounded, compact, and natural aggregates, typical of some formations of recrystallized calcite or secondary aragonite. The presence of small crystalline sparks on the botroidal surface enriches the scene and gives the piece that almost 'cosmic' character, as if the geode were holding a miniature starry sky.
This combination of textures – smooth and polished on the outside, tactile and cavernous on the inside – makes the sphere an ideal object for collectors who appreciate natural contrasts and shapes created slowly, in the silence of Earth's cavities. A piece that combines natural sculpture and mineralogical curiosity, perfect for a modern Wunderkammer or a collection dedicated to the most unusual minerals.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
Translated by Google TranslateA piece that immediately captures the eye: a sphere sculpted from a mineral nodule, with a wide internal cavity where the botryoidal growth presents itself in all its complexity. The outer surfaces display warm shades – beige, cream, pink touches, and gray veining – while the interior reveals a completely different world, deeper and darker, dotted with microcrystals that sparkle in the light.
The inner part is composed of rounded, compact, and natural aggregates, typical of some formations of recrystallized calcite or secondary aragonite. The presence of small crystalline sparks on the botroidal surface enriches the scene and gives the piece that almost 'cosmic' character, as if the geode were holding a miniature starry sky.
This combination of textures – smooth and polished on the outside, tactile and cavernous on the inside – makes the sphere an ideal object for collectors who appreciate natural contrasts and shapes created slowly, in the silence of Earth's cavities. A piece that combines natural sculpture and mineralogical curiosity, perfect for a modern Wunderkammer or a collection dedicated to the most unusual minerals.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Main Mineral
Botryoidal Galaxy Stone - Special Sphere Collection
Mineral Form
Sphere with botryoidal cavity – a natural structure rich in details
Weight
210 g
Country of Origin
Brazil
Height
58 mm
Width
58 mm
Depth
58 mm
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