Quartz Collection

Birthstone Series: Amythest Quartz
An Amythest quartz specimen. Amythest is a form of quartz that is usually purple in colour, it is the birthstone for the month of March. Natural History Museum specimen number 84817

Cut agates. Assortment of cut and polished agates. Agate is a variety of quartz (silicon oxide). The colours are produced by impurities in the mineral

Jasper
A polished slab of jasper from Campsie Fells, Stirlingshire. Jasper is cryptocrystalline agate quartz (silicon dioxide)

GEOLOGY: K-T boundary Sample of the K-T boundary claystone from the Sussex locality
FG-ea-733 GEOLOGY: K-T boundary - Sample of the K-T boundary claystone from the Sussex locality, Wyoming, USA Sample is 18 mm thick

AZTEC ROCK CRYSTAL SKULL. Mexico, 15th century

Holtermanns Life Preserving Drops, 1880s (colour litho)
6257116 Holtermanns Life Preserving Drops, 1880s (colour litho) by Australian School, (19th century); 61.5x49.5 cm; Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; Mitchell Library

California, 1858 (marble)
3493116 California, 1858 (marble) by Powers, Hiram (1805-73); 180.3 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Crucifix set with sapphires, zircon, spinel, cairngorm and amethyst. The whole cross is bordered by diamonds

Agate bowl, grey and white
Agate is a decorative variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (silicon dioxide). This bowl specimen is from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Quartz and plaster white texture for external architectural surfaces

King Alfred Jewel
The King Alfred Jewel, made on the orders of King Alfred the Great. It was discovered in 1693, in North Petherton, Somerset, and is now a popular exhibit at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxides (quartz group), amethyst
2797886 Oxides (quartz group), amethyst, smoky-quartz, rock-crystal, cat s-eye, rose-quartz (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxides (quartz group)

Orbicular jasper, ocean jasper from Madagascar, a variety of jasper which contains spherical inclusions

Spherulitic or orbicular chalcedony, ocean jasper, a cryptocrystaline quartz from Madagascar

Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil
FLO4727886 Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil

Uninscribed Quartz Scarab (image 1 of 2), c1991-1786 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Uninscribed Quartz Scarab (image 1 of 2). Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty (1991 - 1786 BCE) or later

Holyhead Harbour Works...the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations
Holyhead Harbour Works - View of the Face of the Mountain after the Grand Blasting Operations, Jan

Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Results of the Great Blasting Operation at Holyhead, North Wales, 1856

Agate Head of Cleopatra, n.d. Creator: Giuseppe Grisoni
Agate Head of Cleopatra, n.d

Agate Covered Bowl, n.d. Creator: Giuseppe Grisoni
Agate Covered Bowl, n.d

Agate Bowl, n.d. Creator: Giuseppe Grisoni
Agate Bowl, n.d

Agate Bowl, n.d. Creator: Giuseppe Grisoni
Agate Bowl, n.d

Quartz crystals Date: 12-04-2019

Rose Quartz Date: 12-04-2019

DDE-90031966
Ireland, Newgrange. Newgrange Passage Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Date: 23/01/2007

Oriental Cup Made from Agate, 1868. Creator: Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
Oriental Cup Made from Agate, 1868

Snuff Bottle with Equestrian Bannerman with Flag, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1900

Snuff Bottle with Two Egrets Among Lotuses, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1900

Snuff Bottle with "Cash"Pattern, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1750-1800
Snuff Bottle with " Cash" Pattern, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1750-1800

Covered Ewer with Lizard-Shaped Handle, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century

Snuff Bottle with Two Hawks on Rockwork, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1900

Snuff Bottle with Monkey on Rockwork, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1760-1830

Snuff Bottle with Scholar and Assistant on Rocky Promontory, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1750-1800

Box, Nepal, 19th / 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Box, Nepal, 19th/20th century

Handled Vessel in Archaistic Style, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Handled Vessel in Arhcaistic Style, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), late 18th/early 19th century

Snuff Bottle with Panels of Gourds, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1770-1850. Creator: Unknown
Snuff Bottle with Panels of Gourds, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1770-1850

Snuff Bottle with a Hawk and a Bear beneath a Tree, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1820-1880

Gourd-Shaped Double Snuff Bottle, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1780-1880. Creator: Unknown
Gourd-Shaped Double Snuff Bottle, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1780-1880

Snuff Bottle with a Horse, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1850. Creator: Unknown
Snuff Bottle with a Horse, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1850

Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle with Bats, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1800-1900

Snuff Bottle with Bug-Eyed Long-Tailed Fish and Fronds, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), dated 1909

Snuff Bottle with an Equestrian Archer Chasing a Deer, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1750-1800

Red, orange and yellow petrified wood abstract, Blue Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Red, blue, orange petrified wood, Visitor Center, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Rose Quartz

Quartz crystals

Sliced rock crystals

Vinaigrette, England, c. 1780. Creator: Unknown
Vinaigrette, England, c. 1780

Vinaigrette, London, 1841 / 42. Creator: Unknown
Vinaigrette, London, 1841/42

Dagger with Tiger-Head Pommel, , 17th / 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Dagger with Tiger-Head Pommel, , 17th/18th century

Dagger with Scabbard, Turkey, 18th / 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Dagger with Scabbard, Turkey, 18th/19th century

Game Counter, Birmingham, c. 1820. Creator: Unknown
Game Counter, Birmingham, c. 1820

Vinaigrette, Birmingham, 1858 / 59. Creator: Marked JF
Vinaigrette, Birmingham, 1858/59

Vinaigrette, Birmingham, c. 1840. Creator: Marked IE
Vinaigrette, Birmingham, c. 1840

Oval Plaque, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE). Creator: Unknown
Oval Plaque, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)

Dress Ornament, Germany, 16th century (cameo); 17th century (mount). Creator: Unknown
Dress Ornament, Germany, 16th century (cameo); 17th century (mount)

Still Life with Ostrich Egg Cup and the Whitfield Heirlooms, c. 1670. [The Whitfield Cup, made from an ostrich egg, was designed in England by John Spilman in 1590]

Snuff Box: Portrait of Henrietta, Duchesse d Orleans, France, 18th century

Hat Badge with a Cameo of a Laureate Head, Northern Italy, c. 1550-c. 1600 with later modifications

Cameo of Venus and Cupid, Probably a Hat Badge Mounted as a Pendant, Northern Italy, c. 1500-c. 1550 (cameo and frame); c. 1575-c. 1600 (pendant)

Pendant with a Cameo of Orpheus Charming the Animals, Europe, c. 1550-c. 1600 (cameo); 19th or 20th century (mount)

Miniature Leopard, Saint Petersburg, c. 1890 / 1900. Creator: FabergeWorkshop
Miniature Leopard, Saint Petersburg, c. 1890/1900

Loop-Handled Dish, England, 1902 / 03. Creator: Charles Robert Ashbee
Loop-Handled Dish, England, 1902/03

Ring with Cameo Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, Italy, c. 1500-c. 1550. Creator: Unknown
Ring with Cameo Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, Italy, c.1500-c. 1550

Rock patterns near Grand Falls, Shoal Creek, Joplin, Missouri

Portrait of Bernhard Otto Holtermann, c. 1872-85 (oil on canvas)
6257115 Portrait of Bernhard Otto Holtermann, c.1872-85 (oil on canvas) by Australian School, (19th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: possibly by J)

Dry-Blowing at Coolgardie (b / w photo)
2813538 Dry-Blowing at Coolgardie (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dry-Blowing at Coolgardie)

B. O. Holtermann (standing) and Louis Beyers (seated), Hawkins Hill Ridge, Hill End
6257117 B.O. Holtermann (standing) and Louis Beyers (seated), Hawkins Hill Ridge, Hill End, 1870-75 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer, (19th century); Mitchell Library

Quartz crushing mill, from The History of Australasia by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson
619577 Quartz crushing mill, from The History of Australasia by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879 (engraving) by Australian School

Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

The Vestibule and Onyx Staircase in the Hotel de Paiva (b / w photo)
XJF275689 The Vestibule and Onyx Staircase in the Hotel de Paiva (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Hotel de Paiva, no.25 Avenue des Champs-Elysees)

Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown, c. 1390-52 B. C. (quartzite)
3740397 Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown, c.1390-52 B.C

Chromatic polarisation (colour litho)
3630288 Chromatic polarisation (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chromatic polarisation in crystals)

Gold Washing (engraving)
1617859 Gold Washing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold Washing. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 6 January 1849)

A Visit to an Australian Gold Mine (engraving)
1041151 A Visit to an Australian Gold Mine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Visit to an Australian Gold Mine)

Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India (engraving)
1045677 Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India)

L Hotel de Paiva on the Champs-Elysees (b / w photo)
XJF275688 L Hotel de Paiva on the Champs-Elysees (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Hotel de Paiva, no.25 Avenue des Champs-Elysees)

Scarab bracelet, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (gold & lapis lazuli)
XBP391025 Scarab bracelet, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, New Kingdom (gold & lapis lazuli) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); diam: 5.4 cm; Egyptian National Museum, Cairo

Walkers Quartz-Crushing Machinery (engraving)
1618830 Walkers Quartz-Crushing Machinery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Walkers Quartz-Crushing Machinery)

Oxides (quartz group), agate, jasper, hornstone (colour litho)
2797885 Oxides (quartz group), agate, jasper, hornstone (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxides (quartz group), agate, jasper, hornstone

Charing Cross, View Point, and Pall Mall (b / w photo)
2813539 Charing Cross, View Point, and Pall Mall (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charing Cross, View Point, and Pall Mall)

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Discover the captivating world of quartz: Birthstone Series featuring Amythest Quartz, known for its stunning purple hues. Marvel at the intricate beauty of cut agates and the mesmerizing patterns found in jasper. Delve into history with the ancient AZTEC ROCK CRYSTAL SKULL from 15th century Mexico. Admire the elegance of an agate bowl, showcasing a harmonious blend of grey and white tones. Uncover Earth's secrets through geology as we explore the K-T boundary claystone sample from Wyoming, USA, containing delicate layers of laminated carbonaceous material and grains of sand - a testament to quartz's enduring presence throughout time. Transport yourself to the 1880s with Holtermann's Life Preserving Drops, depicted in a vibrant color lithograph. Experience spirituality through symbols like crucifixes adorned with shimmering quartz stones. Immerse yourself in nature's palette with amethyst, smoky-quartz, rock-crystal, cat s-eye, and rose-quartz showcased in a vivid color lithograph highlighting their unique oxide compositions within the quartz group. Embark on a journey into mineralogy as you admire an array of minerals captured beautifully in Mineraux - minerals artwork. Finally, marvel at King Alfred Jewel where exquisite craftsmanship meets precious gemstones including quartz. Quartz is not just a stone; it is an embodiment of artistry and wonder that has fascinated humanity for centuries.