The
Planetary Museum
of
Ancient Wonders Collection
Dimensions: 64"h x 39"w
x 50"d
Estimated Wt: 3,800 lbs. to 4,200 lbs.
"One of the most unique and breathtaking
collections...in the world."
CNBC
"How to convert the language of another
realm?
Perhaps words such as beauty,
grandeur, illumination,
transforming.... So many
moments took my breath away.
I woke up thinking: Was it all real?"
J. Chen:
a visitor's personal experience of The Planetary Museum
Collection)
An exquisite fossil plate of
ammonites on black slate from
Lyme Regis, England. The preparation was a personal effort by
a gentleman who did fossil preparation for 40 years for
German museums. It's near
100% original fossil and nothing
was done to add to it in any way.
The harmonious composition of the plate looks
like a
series of galaxies spinning out across a dark universe.
When he acquired the fossil, only one of the ammonites
was visible. He was astounded by its composition as it
revealed itself through
over 200 hours of work.
Dimensions: 41.5" x 19.5"x 1"
Estimated Wt: 75 lbs. to 85 lbs.
Large cubic calcite crystals filled with many rainbows,
on a bed of white stalactitic zeolites in a pocket
of volcanic basalt from India.
“Not far from the
Space Needle is a warehouse that looks like
Mother Nature's private museum. For Berger, it is the
foundation of a dream that he wants to share with the
world...
A way of inspiring people...and what the world needs
right
now more than just about anything else is
inspiration!”
CBS Sunday Morning program
Dimensions: 13"h x 12.5"w x 10"d
Estimated Wt: 60 lbs. to 75 lbs.
Dimensions: 73"w x
48"h x 41"d
Estimated Wt: 3,800 lbs. to 4,100 lbs.
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Michel Bienfalt
Professor of Physics and Director of
the Laboratory
on the Mechanisms of Crystal Growth
An outstanding giant
cluster of quartz crystals from the
Coleman mine, discovered back in the late 1970s in Arkansas.
This specimen has been part of The Planetary Museum
Collection
of Ancient Wonders for nearly five decades.
Dimensions: 52.5”w x
38.5”d x 16.5”h
Estimated Wt: 900 lbs.
Dimensions: 38"w x 28"h x 19"d
Largest single crystal next to the hand is 24 inches across
Estimated Wt: 3,200 lbs. to 3,800 lbs.
V.
Standish Mallory
Professor of Geological Sciences and Curator Emeritus
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Dimensions: 51”w x
61”h x 49”d
Estimated Wt: 7,000 lbs.
Dimensions: 16"h x
9.5"w x 2"d
Estimated Wt: 15 lbs.
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The definitive
Fontainebleau "natural sculpture" concretion
in the entire world, The "back" of the cluster is as
spectacular as the "front" so it presents beautifully
360 degrees around and is incomprehensibly gorgeous!
Two million years old.
From Fontainebleau, France.
Dimensions:
75"w x 58"h x 10"d
Estimated Wt: 2,100 lbs. to 2,400 lbs
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A
Brief History of The Masterpieces of
The Earth Collection
(2 second delay to the
video)
Masterpieces
of The Earth Website
CBS
Sunday Morning Program (viewed by over 5
million people)
Seattle
Magazine: An Art Collection for the Ages
NPR Seattle KNKX
A Man who Quit Medical School
to Hunt for the Earth's
Treasures
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Dimensions: 48" h x
41.5" w x 16" d
Estimated Wt: 800 lbs. to 850 lbs.