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A tiny tyrannosaurus dinosaur model, just like the popular full-sized kits,
miniaturized and laser cut by a lady in
New York, assembled by me. 29 pieces, meticuluously glued together, stands on its own.
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A tiny triceratops dinosaur model, just like the popular full-sized kits,
miniaturized and laser cut by a lady in
New York, assembled by me. 17 pieces, meticuluously glued together, stands on its own.
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A tiny prehistoric woolly mammoth model, just like the popular full-sized kits,
miniaturized and laser cut by a lady in
New York, assembled by me. 19 pieces, meticuluously glued together, stands on its own.
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A delicate fulgurite, or "fused lightning".
When lightning
strikes sand, the intense energy melts the sand and forms glass-like tubes tracing its path
down
into the ground. Each specimen is unique. This one is hollow
and is mounted on a brass rod with a black walnut base. The surface is rough with the sand grains. From Morocco.
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A glass dome with branching red precious coral, seaweed, three
tiny sea shells - a young whelk, a nerite and a tiny bivalve, and a sea star. This
display method was very popular in Victorian times.
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A pair of "tusks" displayed on black onyx bases. The tusks are actually
shells that I have matched for length and size. There may be some slight variations between
each "tusk" as happens in nature.
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Clear quartz with multi-coloured inclusions, from brown to green.
To me this is rather like a moss garden preserved in glass - fascinating! Mounted on a polished
black onyx base.
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