Brazil · 131 lb
17" Smoky Quartz Cluster from Brazil
Seventeen inches and 131 pounds, this is the cluster in the photograph, taken from a mine in Brazil. The smoky color comes from natural radiation in the earth, so each face keeps the tone it grew with. At this weight it is the piece a room gets arranged around.
60 × 20 in
Fluorite Onyx Light Wall Panel Set
Sixty by twenty inches, finished as a wall panel with an open back. The light sits behind the fluorite and can be changed without taking the stone down. A slab this size is a single piece of the mineral, cut once.
Brazil · 263 lb
53" Citrine Geode Cathedral from Brazil
Fifty-three inches tall and 263 pounds. A cathedral is the geode kept whole and stood upright. This one was unearthed in Brazil, and the gold color runs through the crystal.
Peter Müller
Rose Quartz Cockatoo on Tourmaline
Peter Müller carved the bird in rose quartz and set it on tourmaline from the Pariaba mine. He chooses the stones himself, and the base is cut for this bird. The piece is the carving and the stone it stands on.
41 × 14 in
Nacar Onyx Sculpture
Forty-one by fourteen inches of nacar, the onyx that stays translucent enough for the bands to show when light comes through. It is quarried in one place, which is why a carving at this size stays rare.
Michigan
16.75" Natural Float Copper from Michigan
Sixteen and three-quarter inches of native copper from Michigan. Glaciers off Lake Superior carried it, and the ice left striations on the surface. Traces of silver sit in the metal with the copper.
Peter Müller
Lapis Falcon on Rutilated Quartz
Peter Müller carved the falcon in lapis and set it on rutilated quartz. He chooses the stones himself, and the base is cut for this bird. The piece is the carving and the stone it stands on.
63 × 24 in
Aqua Amber Onyx Light Wall Panel Set
Sixty-three by twenty-four inches, finished as a wall panel with an open back. The light sits behind the aqua amber onyx and can be changed without taking the stone down. The banding in this slab is the piece.
Brazil · 361 lb
44" Amethyst Geode Cathedral from Brazil
Forty-four inches and 361 pounds. A cathedral is the geode kept whole and stood upright. This one was unearthed in Brazil, and the purple runs through the crystal.
59 in
Fluorite Luminary Light Tower
Fifty-nine inches of fluorite, hollow so the bulb can be changed. An LED is included. The stone is the shade, and this tower is the one in the photograph.
Uruguay
50" Amethyst Geode from Uruguay
Fifty inches, formed in a volcanic cavity in Uruguay and set on a custom stand. The purple comes from iron in the quartz and natural radiation. This is the geode in the photograph.
Brazil · 41 lb
21.5" Quartz Cluster from Brazil
Twenty-one and a half inches and 41 pounds, taken from a mine in Brazil. The crystals are clear quartz, and the cluster is a single formation. This is the piece in the photograph.