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A pale pink, crinkled chunk of limestone the size of a small melon. A Mexican banded quartzite. Pyramidal chatoyant tiger’s eye. Citrine and quartz cluster. A nugget of pyrite. Two stones carved and bound. A Griffon vulture feather. Two owl feathers. A plaster cast stag beetle. Small dish with a sgraffito crow. Chock of wood with a beeswax candle plac…