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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24772230, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s a mixture of artifacts and other objects of interest, including minerals and fossils (excluding myself).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman bronze bull, crica 2nd century AD.&nbsp; Purchased from HJB Buy-Bid Sale221, lot 689.</b></p><p><b>140.06 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the modeling of this small bronze figurine.&nbsp; Wonderful patina as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584849[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Babylonia, Old Period (circa 1894–1595 BC), dendritic agate frog carving/weight.&nbsp; Another HJB acquisition.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584850[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Minoan bronze female dancer figurine, circa 2300-2200 BC.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Because of its small size, I think it might have been a child&#039;s toy at one time.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584863[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p>In the realm of fossils and minerals, I have decades worth of accumulation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quartz, Fairburn agate, Lame Johnny, South Dakota. Very rare this colorful.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584852[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quartz, Apache agate, Rancho La Vinata, Ejido El Apache Chihuahua, Mexico. 219.2 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is an old surface find from the mid 1960s.&nbsp; Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Malachite, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.</b></p><p><b>286 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584853[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Azurite, massive with small pockets of crystals.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584856[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Native Gold, crystalline on and in quartz, Coulterville, California</b></p><p><b>51.7 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584861[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Trilobite, Cheirurus Gibbus, Morocco, Devonian Era.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584854[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b>Trilobite, Phacops Rana, Sylvania, Ohio, coiled, Devonian Era.</b></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1584855[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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