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ID: 45501
Model of Willamette Meteorite, 1905
ID: 45819
Grooved stone hammer, roughly chipped out pieces of quartzite, Wyoming, June 24, 1907
ID: b10761068_2
Frontispiece depicting European contact with Indian diamond miners from Travernier's Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier
ID: b10761068_4
Various diamonds including the Great Mogul from Tavernier's Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier
ID: b10761068_5
Twenty diamonds sold by Tavernier to Louis XIV from Tavernier's Les six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier
ID: b11465578_4
Volcanic rock samples and jeweled pin from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei :observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies
ID: b11939436_2
Charcoal drawing depicting Mineral Hall with visitors dressed in early 20th century fashion, by Vernon Howe Bailey, circa 1910-1911
ID: DF_030915_00252
Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites, Ahnighito meteorite, center, 2003
ID: K10013
Tiki ornament, jade, Maori, New Zealand
ID: K11199
DeLong Star Ruby, cabochon, 100 carats, Myanmar (Burma)
ID: K11200
Star of India, sapphire cabochon, 564 carats
ID: K11201
Midnight Star Sapphire, violet cabochon, 116 carats, Sri Lanka
ID: K11202
Kashmir blue star sapphire
ID: K11205
Goddess Kuan-yin, "Maw-sit-sit" jade sculpture, China
ID: K11206
Seated God of Happiness, Chinese, carved in malachite
ID: K11207
Patricia (left) and Schettler emeralds, Colombia
ID: K11208
Pendant with opal, variety precious (center), surrounded by opals, topaz, chrysoberyls, demantoid garnets, sapphires and pearls, Russia
ID: K11209
Decorative clock face, Quartz, variety onyx, 8 cm in diameter, carved in Idar-Oberstein, Germany in 1867
ID: K11210
Opal, variety Pinfire, 181.20 carats, Lightning Ridge, Australia
ID: K11211
Opal, variety precious, 11.23 carats, Barcoo River, Australia
ID: K11212
Pas de Danse sculpture by George Tonnelier, quartz, blue chalcedony, H 21.5 cm
ID: K11213
Elephant and Globe, Quartz, variety Rock crystal, carved from a single block, H 10 cm
ID: K11214
Rock crystal statue of Atlas holding the world, Hall of Gems and Minerals
ID: K11216
Carving, jade, China
ID: K11217
Headdress pendant, pearls, sapphires, rubellites and jadeite, Manchu, China
ID: K11219
Water buffalo, carved jade, nephrite, H 11.5 cm, Ming Dynasty, China
ID: K11220
Duck with lotus plants, carved jade, nephrite, 21 x 16 cm, China
ID: K11222
Junk, carving from lazurite, China
ID: K11223
Fu Dog, carving, quartz, variety rose, H 15 cm, China
ID: K11224
<em>Schettler Emerald</em> (beryl), 87 carats, engraved on both sides, lapidary art, 17th century, India
ID: K11225
Spessartine (garnet) deep red oval-cut stone, 28.85 carats (left) ; violet-red pear-shaped stone (right), 24.5 carats, Umba River region, Tanzania
ID: K11227
Harlequin Prince opal, 215.85 carats, Lightning Ridge, Australia
ID: K11228
Corundum, variety sapphire, violet stone, 66.85 carats, Sri Lanka
ID: K11229
Corundum, variety sapphire, yellow faceted stone, 100 carats, Sri Lanka
ID: K11231
Padparadscha, corundum, variety sapphire, orange faceted stone, 100 carats, Sri Lanka
ID: K11232
Topaz, natural yellow-orange crystal, 5 cm long (left), 60 carats, brilliant-cut (right), Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ID: K11234
Topaz, natural blue crystal, 6 cm across (left); oval-cut stone, 99 carats (right), Ural Mountains
ID: K11236
Topaz, 99 carats, from the Ural Mountains, Russia
ID: K11238
Topaz, oval-cut faceted stone, 70 carats, Russia
ID: K11239
Sapphires (Corundum), about 1 carat each, Sri Lanka
ID: K11240
Elbaite, gem-quality faceted stones: left, yellow-green, 15.75 carats; right, blue-green, 10.25 carats, Brazil
ID: K11241
Elbaite, gem-quality crystals: left, brilliant cut, 34.03 carats; right, modified cushion cut, 34.25 carats
ID: K11619
Fluorite, yellow, Cornwall, England
ID: K11622
Sphalerite, loose honey-brown gem-quality crystal, 2.5 cm across, United States
ID: K11626
Fluorapatite, pale violet crystals on matrix, average 1 cm across, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany
ID: K11628
Fluorapatite, Cerro del Mercado, Durango, Mexico
ID: K11631
Calcite with barite, Fritzington, England
ID: K11634
Labradorite, Oregon
ID: K11637
Kyanite, bluish-brown bladed crystals in gray paragonite schist, 9.0 x 7.5 cm, Pizzo Forno Mountain, Switzerland
ID: K11639
Spodumene, variety Kunzite, pink-violet emerald-cut stone, 110 carats, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ID: K11653
Olivine, variety Peridot, bottle green mixed-cut stone, 164 carats, Myanmar (Burma)
ID: K11656
Labradorite (feldspar), bi-colored red and green faceted stones averaging 1.5 carats, Clear Lake, Oregon
ID: K11660
Scheelite, doubly-terminated light brown crystals, scattered on clear quartz crystal, 1 cm across, Tae Wha mine, South Korea
ID: K11674
Olivine (variety Peridot), yellowish-green prismatic crystal, 2 cm across, Egypt
ID: K11677
Meta-torbernite, blocky grass-green crystals on matrix, 3.2 x 2.5 cm, average 5mm, Cornwall, England
ID: K11678
Liroconite, dark blue wedge-shaped crystal, in cavity, 1 cm across, Cornwall, England
ID: K11682
Meta-torbernite group of grass-green curved plate-like crystals, 3.7 x 2.5 cm, Gunnislake, England
ID: K11691
Siderite, light brown crystals on quartz matrix, 5 cm across, Tincroft Mine
ID: K11694
Corundum (variety Sapphire), blue faceted stone, 40 carats
ID: K11931
Scorodite, Zacatecas, Mexico
ID: K11932
Paramelaconite, Bisbee, Arizona
ID: K12662
Calcite, transparent golden yellow scalenohedral crystal on sphalerite matrix, L 8 cm, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
ID: K12663
Microcline, variety Amazonite, cluster of bluish-green crystals
ID: K12664
Rhodochrosite, group of deep red rhombs on matrix, average 2 to 3 cm, Alma, Colorado
ID: K12665
Vanadinite, brilliant orange-red hexagonal prisms, up to 1 cm across, Morocco
ID: K13059
Azurite, Tsumeb, Namibia
ID: K13060
Beryl, variety Heliodor, gem-quality crystal group, H 10 cm, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ID: K13061
Barite, group of golden-yellow crystals, H 3 cm, Italy
ID: K13062
Elbaite tourmaline, variety Bicolor, cluster of four intergrown "blue-cap" crystals, 10.5 x 7.0 cm, Tourmaline Queen Mine, California
ID: K13065
Anglesite, translucent prismatic crystal, in cavity of galena, L 2.5 cm, Wheatley Mine, Pennsylvania
ID: K13066
Spessartine, garnet, perfect reddish-brown crystal (5 cm across) on matrix of quartz and muscovite
ID: K13067
Pyromorphite, yellowish-green hexagonal crystals on matrix, L 1 cm, Wheatley Mine, Pennsylvania
ID: K13514
Gold leaf, twisted and perforated, on massive white quartz, H 5 cm, California
ID: K13780
Quartz, variety Rock crystal, crystal group, L 10 cm, Hot Springs, Arkansas
ID: K13781
Lazurite (lapis lazuli), polished boulder of royal blue color, 1.2 kg, Afghanistan
ID: K13782
Translucent slice of Jade (Nephrite), 18 cm wide, Onot River, Russia
ID: K13783
Fluorite, green color, natural octahedral cleavage fragment, 20 cm across, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
ID: K13784
Diamond, octahedral crystal, 25 carats
ID: K13785
Corundum, variety Sapphire, blue gravel, Yogo Gulch, Montana, United States
ID: K13786
Beryl, variety Aquamarine, sea-blue aqua, 13 pounds, Brazil, discovered in 1911, portion of largest uncut, gem-quality aquamarine in existence
ID: K13787
Beryl, variety Aquamarine, four faceted stones set with melee diamonds in platinum; carat weights: clip, 41.25; ring, 31.64; earrings, 16.89 and 16.32
ID: K13788
Beryl, variety aquamarine, Brazil
ID: K13789
Beryl, variety Morganite, gem-quality crystal in matrix, 6 cm across, Tourmaline Queen Mine, California
ID: K13790
Beryl, variety Morganite, American Museum of Natural History
ID: K13791
Elbaite, tourmaline (variety watermelon), four single gem-quality crystals, largest L 10 cm, Himalaya Mine, California
ID: K13792
Elbaite (variety Rubellite), gem-quality crystal on matrix, 10 cm, Stewart Mine, California
ID: K13793
People viewing topaz, transparent yellow crystal, Fazenda do Funil, Brazil, Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals, circa 1980
ID: K13794
Zircon, natural brown crystal, L 7.5 cm, Delaney, Ontario
ID: K13795
Spessartine, garnet crystal (2 cm across) on smoky quartz, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California
ID: K13796
Grossular (garnet), deep emerald-green oval-cut stone, 8.14 carats, Tsavo National Park, Kenya
ID: K13797
Polished slab, Labradorite, 7.5 cm across, displaying labradorescence (rainbow-like play of colors), Canada
ID: K13817
Armstrong Diamond, emerald-cut stone set in ring with two tapered baguettes, 14.11 carats
ID: K13818
Azurite, crystal group on matrix, average 3 cm across, Bisbee, Arizona
ID: K13819
Barite, golden brown scepter-like crystal, L 10 cm, growing on drusy barite matrix, Frizington, England
ID: K13820
Beryl, variety Morganite, 2.5 cm across, attached to a bicolored elbaite crystal, 10.7 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm, Tourmaline Queen Mine, California
ID: K13821
Beryl, variety Morganite, pink flattened complex single crystal, 6.5 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm, Afghanistan
ID: K13822
Black, striated chalcocite crystals on matrix, up to 2 cm long, Bristol, Connecticut
ID: K13823
Chondrodite, rounded brown crystals up to 1.5 cm across on matrix, Tilly Foster Mine, New York
ID: K13824
Copper crystals, average size 2 cm across, 25 x 20 cm, Lake Superior, Michigan
ID: K13825
<em>The Microphone</em>, Elbaite tourmaline, variety Rubellite, L 25 cm, Himalaya Mine, California