Beautiful top quality natural full fire 🔥 black opal (smoked). Around 240 carat, as per photo description, from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 #gems #colors #jewelry

4,000 Years Of Amethyst Across Global Civilization
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Frog pendant, made of lapis lazuli, Iraq, 2900 - 2340 BCE

Gemstone cameo of an African woman, made in Italy, ~1600 AD

House altar, Italy, ~1600 AD

Bejeweled brooch, East Germanic, 400 AD - 450 AD

Ornate basin, gilded silver, gems, and enamel, Germany, 1685 AD

#Selenite on #Halite from #Germany
Clear gypsum crystals, usually referred to as selenite, resting on crystalline halite matrix. Under shortwave UV light the halite fluoresces bright orange, while the gypsum fluoresces ethereal blue.
From the Bleicherode Potash Works, Thuringia, Germany.
Large cabinet piece at 13 x 11 x 6 cm, 242.5 g.
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Wall clock, gilded silver and gems, Italy and Germany, ~1661 AD