Botryoidal Galaxy Stone - Special Sphere Collection Sphere with botryoidal cavity – a natural structure rich in details - Height: 69 mm - Width: 69 mm- 409 g
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Specimen: Botryoidal Galaxy Stone sphere from Brazil, weighing 409 g with 69 mm height, width and depth, featuring a botryoidal cavity structure in natural form.
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Agate sphere with crystalline druzy – natural contrasts and complex structure.
A sphere that unites two worlds: the outer part, smooth and polished, with typical agate patterns, and the inside, where a druse of white crystals opens up like a luminous cavity. The dark and bluish bands of the matrix, almost dendritic, alternate with milky-gray areas, creating a natural design rich in depth. It is a rare combination: the visual impact of layered agate and the brilliance of quartz that grows within the rock.
The druse features small but well-formed crystals, with vivid surfaces that reflect light and give the piece an almost icy character. The irregular openings reveal the internal structure of the geode, with areas that are more compact and others more crumbly, evidence of mineral growth that occurred slowly within the heart of the cavity.
Looking at it, it seems like observing a small planet: dark continents, light masses, crevices and cracks revealing a bright core. It is an object well-suited for collections of geodes and unique agates, but also for a modern Wunderkammer, where the contrast between opaque and shiny, between surface and depth, tells the silent story of its formation.
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 TranslateAgate sphere with crystalline druzy – natural contrasts and complex structure.
A sphere that unites two worlds: the outer part, smooth and polished, with typical agate patterns, and the inside, where a druse of white crystals opens up like a luminous cavity. The dark and bluish bands of the matrix, almost dendritic, alternate with milky-gray areas, creating a natural design rich in depth. It is a rare combination: the visual impact of layered agate and the brilliance of quartz that grows within the rock.
The druse features small but well-formed crystals, with vivid surfaces that reflect light and give the piece an almost icy character. The irregular openings reveal the internal structure of the geode, with areas that are more compact and others more crumbly, evidence of mineral growth that occurred slowly within the heart of the cavity.
Looking at it, it seems like observing a small planet: dark continents, light masses, crevices and cracks revealing a bright core. It is an object well-suited for collections of geodes and unique agates, but also for a modern Wunderkammer, where the contrast between opaque and shiny, between surface and depth, tells the silent story of its formation.
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
409 g
Country of Origin
Brazil
Height
69 mm
Width
69 mm
Depth
69 mm
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