Gifts for Geologists
Minerals and rock-formers, rendered atom by atom from their real crystal structures. A gift for anyone who has ever pocketed a rock on a walk.
Quartz
One of Earth's most abundant minerals — the crystal in your watch and your windowsill
from $25.00
The most abundant mineral in the crust, and the one every collection starts with.
Beryl
The mineral family that gives us emerald, aquamarine, and morganite
from $25.00
Emerald and aquamarine are the same beryl ring structure, just different traces.
Pyrite
The glittering iron sulfide crystal that fooled gold prospectors for centuries
from $25.00
Cubic crystals so perfect they look machined - nature showing off.
Topaz
A brilliant gemstone prized for its golden and blue hues
from $25.00
An aluminium silicate prized by gemmologists and mineralogists alike.
Azurite
A vivid deep-blue copper mineral used as a pigment by Renaissance painters
from $25.00
The deep-blue copper carbonate - a collector favourite, atom for atom.
Malachite
The vivid green copper mineral prized as a gemstone and pigment for thousands of years
from $25.00
Azurite's green cousin - banded copper carbonate with an unmistakable lattice.
Vanadinite
A vivid red-orange lead mineral prized by collectors for its hexagonal crystals
from $25.00
Fiery red-orange hexagonal prisms - a lead vanadate that stops a room.
Calcite
The crystal behind marble, limestone, and the shells of sea creatures
from $25.00
The rhombohedral carbonate behind limestone, marble, and double refraction.