collection.

A hollow root of glass made by a single strike of lightning in dune sand, gathered in the American Southwest: petrified lightning, rough outside and smooth as poured wax within.

$64.00

Six old keys, no two alike, on a plain iron ring: iron and brass, mostly English and American, mid-1800s to early 1900s, each with the soft darkness of a century of pockets.

$18.00

One amethyst geode from southern Brazil, split into matched halves, ground flat and felted at the base, toothed with violet crystal inside and heavy enough to hold a full shelf of

$76.00

Twelve glassed compartments in a dark-stained wooden drawer, each holding one small wonder such as mica, sea glass or amethyst, labeled by hand in fading copperplate: a very small

$96.00

A trilobite curled in dark Moroccan stone, some 390 million years old, its compound eyes still legible under a loupe.

$38.00

Nine small drawers, each with a brass knob, a felt lining and a handwritten label: a fern fossil, a chip of iron meteorite, a shark's tooth turned to stone, and other quiet marvels

$120.00