•Part 1 - Selected Crystals and Fossils from the Masterpieces of The Earth Collection

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"Pretty impressive!"

Dr. Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author of A Brief History of Time.

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A 950 lb. quartz crystal cluster from Arkansas. The quality and composition are exceptional.This is
the first giant crystal acquired nearly 40 years ago that launched Richard's dream to build The Masterpieces
Of The Earth Collection/Museum Project. The piece is over 180 million year old.

Dimensions: 31" x 32.5" x 34"
Estimated Wt: 950 lbs

A vibrant green and white fluorite and quartz crystal formation from China
mounted on a hand carved, custom made wooden base.

Dimensions: 39.5" x 27" x 14"
Estimated Wt: 350 lbs.

"One of the most amazing museums in the world....

People leave saying it is one of the most compelling artistic experiences of their lives."

CBS Evening News, KIRO TV, Seattle, Washington

Luminous aquamarine crystals on black tourmaline from Namibia, S.W. Africa
(Closeup below)

Dimensions: 4.5" x 3.5" x 8"
Estimated Wt: 7 lbs

Giant fossilized palm frond on a matrix of limestone with a "school" of fossil fish, of five different species, dancing around it.

It dates back 52 million years when Wyoming was sub-tropical and palm trees abound.

This is the largest and finest fossil of its kind to be found in over a hundred years.
Photograph courtesy of CBS Sunday Morning. (Museum rendering of the fossil palm below).

Dimensions: 13' 6" high x 12' 3" wide x 5.5" deep
(14'5" to the top of the fossil as it hangs on the wall)
(On reserve for acquisition as part of the
entire Masterpieces of The Earth Collection).
Estimated Wt: 1,800lbs

"We all were overwhelmed by the beauty of the specimens in your collection.

The experience was unique, and one we won't soon forget."

Linda T. Deck, Exhibit Developer, Geology, Gems, and Minerals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

A two ton+, giant quart crystal, discovered in the early 1980s in Namibia, S.W. Africa. It is one of the oldest giant crystals
on the planet, dating back 520 million years which is 250 million years older than the earliest dinosaurs that ever roamed the earth.

Dimensions:50" wide x 57" deep x 41" high
Estimated Wt: 4,200 lbs.

"You've created a garden of immortality."

Fred Alan Wolf, quantum physicist, author of Taking The Quantum Leap
and recipient of the American Book Award.

An exquisite Fontainebleau natural sculpture formed by super-heated hot springs jetting through very fine quartz sand,
where the movement of the water swirling through the sand was captured for eternity in these incomprehensibly

exotic forms through a cooling process that involved the solidification of calcium carbonate

dissolved in the super heated water . Over two million year old, from France.

Dimensions: 25" x 20" x 15" (looks somewhat larger in the photo)
Estimated Wt. 185 lbs. to 220 lbs.

A two ton giant amethyst geode with brilliant purple amethyst crystals. One of the finest giant amethyst geodes
to ever have come out of Brazil. Formed 180 million years ago in ancient volcanic basalt. From Rio Grande de Sol.

Dimensions: 73" x 48" x 41"
Estimated Wt: 3,800 lbs. to 4,100 lbs.
(On reserve for acquisition as part of the
full Masterpieces of The Earth Collection)

A fossilized ammonite with exquisite suture patterning on the surface which trace where the animal attached
itself to the inside of its shell. The fossil has been meticulously prepared on both sides so it presents
beautifully 360 degrees around. The opening of the fossil shell has also been carefully prepared
so you can see directly into the internal structures of the animal itself.
From Madagascar. Approx 150 million years old.

Dimensions: 30.5" x 24" x 5"
Estimated Wt: 240 lbs

A crown of brilliant pink rose quartz crystals on a single crystal of quartz with green tourmaline crystals
suspended inside of the quartz crystal (other side of the crystal below). From Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Dimensions: 7.5" x 6" x 5"
Estimated Wt. 8 lbs

"A fabulous collection of the best."

Professor Edwin Roedder, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A giant, two million year old 'natural sculpture' concretion from Fontainebleau, France. This is one of the four largest

and finest pieces of its kind in the world and presents fabulously 360 degrees around. Between 1988 and 1991,

we acquired all of the Fontainebleau concretions from the greatest discovery in the last 350 years.

The previous find of this scale was in the mid 1600s and all the pieces wound up in the private

gardens of King Louis the X1V at the Versailles Palace.

There was also a small discovery around 1910/ 1915 with some of those "natural sculptures" acquired

by Henry Moore, Jean Arp, Constantine Brancusi, the National Museum of Natural History in Paris,

and a number of the French Surrealists. To the best of our knowledge, every museum of

natural history in the United States that has a Fontainebleau concretion,including the Smithsonian Museum

of Natural History in D.C., acquired them from our Masterpieces of The Earth Collection.

Dimensions: 51" wide x 26" deep x 54" high (including 7" base)
Estimated Wt: 2,600 lbs. to 3,100 lbs.

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"Richard Berger has what is considered the most spectacular private
collection of giant natural crystals and fossils in the world."

NBC Evening Program, KING TV, Seattle, Washington

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A beautiful giant pocket of green apophyllite crystals and peach colored stilbite crystals in a matrix of volcanic
basalt from India. Very elegant, and subtle, with beautiful color. From India.

Dimensions: 49" x 30" x 22"
Estimated Wt: 650 lbs. to 875 lbs.

Micro-crystallized quartz picture onyx from Mexico. The imagery is stunning and singular
in its impact, rivaling fine modern art. Two adjacent sections have been polished and set side by side to create a mirror
image of itself. It is lighted from behind, with the lighting encased within the framing of the stone.

Dimensions: 63" x 39.25" x 4"
Estimated Wt: 195 lbs. to 215 lbs.

An exquisite spray of white skolecite crystals perched on a matrix of dark volcanic basalt from India.
Presents beautifully all the way around.

Dimensions: 11" x 8" x 10"
Estimated Wt: 15 lbs.

Giant pyrite crystal cluster with very large, highly lustrous crystals front and back.
Excavated 35 years ago at a 16,000 elevation in the Peruvian Andes. Spectacular crystals 360 degrees around.

Dimensions: 25"x 22.5" x 14"
Estimated Wt: 650 lbs.

A stack of hexagonal, alabaster white calcite crystals with rectangular bands of black hematite crystals
within a geode of amethyst with a stalactite bridge of shimmering, drusy calcite crystals.
Mounted on a stainless steel stand. Geology gone wild! Found in Uruguay

Dimensions: 5,5" x 6.25" x 13" on steel base
Estimated Wt: 12 lbs. to 16 lbs.

"The Ultimate Collection. Crystals and fossils of the magnitude on exhibit here

are extraordinary and rarely, if ever, seen either in museums or on the collector market....

Museum Associates, 'Masterpieces of the Earth' is world class."

Rock & Gem Magazine

A near three-quarter ton, spectacular, single giant quartz crystal filled with rainbow inclusions. From northern Brazil.
The finest unpolished crystal of it size we have seen in over 30 years.

Dimensions: 54" x 33" x 35"
Estimated Wt: 1,600 lbs.

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