Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) is a giant species of sponge found in the Indo-Pacific coral reefs. It commonly occurs at depths ranging from over 10 meters to 120 meters and can grow up to a diameter of 1.8 meters. The sponge typically exhibits a brownish-red to brownish-gray coloration, with a hard or stony texture. Due to its impressive size and estimated lifespan of hundreds to possibly thousands of years, the giant barrel sponge has earned the nickname "redwood of the reef." It displays a variable form, often appearing as a large, firm, barrel-shaped structure with a cone-shaped cavity at the top called the osculum. These sponges make beautiful decorative pieces. The specimen in question originates from Luzon, Philippines.

Pleuroceras solare - Pyritised Lower Jurassic Ammonite from Germany, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

A pyritised ammonite, which has been brass brushed to enhance the golden colour.

Hawskerense Subzone, Spinatum Zone, Middle Lias, Lower Jurassic, Butterheim, Germany Age:- 190 Million Years Old Ammonite. 

Fantastic deep water Sponge species. A deep water hard sponge, very peculiar resemble Turbinaria coral.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood base, from Tulear, Madagascar waters.

Pleuroceras solare - Pyritised Lower Jurassic Ammonite from Germany, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

A pyritised ammonite, which has been brass brushed to enhance the golden colour.

Hawskerense Subzone, Spinatum Zone, Middle Lias, Lower Jurassic, Butterheim, Germany Age:- 190 Million Years Old Ammonite. 

Neptun Cap Coral - Halomitra pileus in a brass handmade base, from Solomon island.

These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Mexican Sunflower Starfish 23 legs and Ophiura from Philippines Glass Dome.

Two very special Echinoderms, both with strange forms that let us see how impressive nature can be. They are high quality specimen in very good colour.

Both of these species are predator of sea urchins.

Mounted by One of a Kind in glass dome with black lacquered base.

Small size specimen polished showing all the mother-of-pearl of the Nautilus pompilius, from Philippines.

Mounted in a handmade brass base, it's a unique One of a Kind decor piece.

Supplied with Cites certificate. 

Pleuroceras solare - Pyritised Lower Jurassic Ammonite from Germany, mounted in an acrylic base.

A pyritised ammonite, which has been brass brushed to enhance the golden colour.

Hawskerense Subzone, Spinatum Zone, Middle Lias, Lower Jurassic, Butterheim, Germany Age:- 190 Million Years Old Ammonite. 

Pleuroceras solare - Pyritised Lower Jurassic Ammonite from Germany, mounted in an iron base.

A pyritised ammonite, which has been brass brushed to enhance the golden colour.

Hawskerense Subzone, Spinatum Zone, Middle Lias, Lower Jurassic, Butterheim, Germany Age:- 190 Million Years Old Ammonite. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a high gloss beige round lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Metacanthina barrandei from the Middle Devonian period (395 million years) of the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

This species of Spongia came from the Florida Keys.

It is a very healthy population once from many years they are fished commercially for bath sponges, these are special pieces turned into great decor objects. The sponges feed on microorganisms that they filter and their larvae are taken by the sea movements making them widespread. Taken by divers from 5 to 40 meters deep.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood stand.

Cretaceous Albian period (100 to 145 million years) from Madagascar.

Spectacular big size opalized Cleoniceras group with other ammonite specie.

One of a kind decor piece!

Pocillopora eydouxi coral, from Solomon Islands.

Beautiful coral, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Supplied with CITES certificate. 

This species of Spongia came from the Florida Keys.

It is a very healthy population once from many years they are fished commercially for bath sponges, these are special pieces turned into great decor objects. The sponges feed on microorganisms that they filter and their larvae are taken by the sea movements making them widespread. Taken by divers from 5 to 40 meters deep.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood stand.

A great echinoderm Blastoide, from East Timor Permic beds, in an exotic tecula wood base.

Deltablastus permicus in matrix, from the Permiam period (circa 250 million years).

Phacops sp. from the Middle Devonian period ( 395 million years ) of  the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.

Prepared and restored, excellent for beginner collectors or as decor piece, in an acrylic base.

Marine Life glass box with brass edges, inside we have:

- Strombus listeri from Thailand

- An exotic Tatcheria mirabilis from Philippines

- A elusive Cypraea mapa from Philippines

- A colouful Mitra mitra from Indonesia

- A pink sea urchin from Mediterranean sea

One of a Kind decor piece! 

Diplomystus Dentatus fish from the Paleogene, Eocene, 53.500,000 to 48.500,000 years.

An ancestor of the herring family, a very finely boned fish which is extremely difficult to prepare from the Lagerstätte varve layer of the Eocene limestones of the Green River formation 18-inch layer.

These predator fish came from the prehistoric fossil lakes. The lower Eocene deposits of Green River formation was thought to be a large freshwater lake. The calcite would be absorbed by the remains of the fish, transforming their bones into a hard mineralized deposit in the slightly softer and lighter colored limestone shales.

Mounted in a handmade brass frame that can be fixed in three different ways.

Nicaisolopha nicaisei from Upper Cretaceous of Cajamarca Peru, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.

Busycon perversum is an edible species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the Busycon whelks.

This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Mounted in a handmade round brass base, make it a very desirable decor item, from Gulf of Mexico.

Sperm whale fossil teeth from the Miocene period ( 23 to 5 million years ) of USA.

Beautiful rare decor piece, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Stunning ammonite with red opalization on the surface, in a white lacquered wood base.. Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resemble the squid we know today.

These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Ammonites are closely related to a living octopus, though the shells resemble that of a nautilus.

Every stone is unique and one of a kind. These fossils come from the Mahajanga River Basin, near the village of Ambatolafia of northwest Madagascar, located in the former province of Mahajanga/Majunga. They are dated from the Early Cretaceous period, Albian age (100 to 113.0 million years ago).

Tubipora musica coral in a white krion base, from Solomon island.

Beautiful natural red color, formed by pipes that remind an organ!

It is supplied with CITES number.

Vasum Locklini - a Turbinellidae from the Caenozoic period (around 3 million years) from Florida - USA.

Always a beautiful intricate shell, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Melo umbilicatus - Melon shell in a brass base, from Arafura Sea. Indonesia.

This species belong to the Volutidae family, generelly big sized shells. Can reach near 45 cm, gargantuam specimen usually are very scared and few pattern. This specimen is a medium size one but is beautifully patterned.  

Olenus sp. ( Trilobite ) a twin specimen in matrix, in a black granite base, from Marroco.

Big size specimen from the Devonian period ( 400/350 million years ), for collectors but also a great decor piece. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Polished Orthoceras slab fossil with over 400 million years.

As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix.

The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco - mounted in a black granite base. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cerithiidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Acropora Florida Coral in an acrylic base, from Solomon Islands.

It is found only up to 30 meter deep and like all corals it is a protected species, supplied with CITES.

One of the most beautiful corals, an amazing unique decor piece!

Phacops sp. from the Middle Devonian period ( 395 million years ) of  the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.

Prepared and restored, excellent for beginner collectors or as decor piece, in a black lacquered wood base.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Strombidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Balanocidaris glandifera - fossil sea urchin - Carapace with radiolas, in a acrilic base.

Excellent fossil of a sea urchin in life position. The hedgehog and spines have preserved the finest details and have been carefully arranged in a living position. The radiolas preserve the original colouring patterns. It is a fossil worthy of a museum.

Sea urchin with spines up to 11 cm, from Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian (152.1-157.3 million years) - France.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cerithiidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Neptun Cap Coral - Halomitra pileus in an iron base, from Solomon island.

These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Fossil sea urchin - Pseudocidaris mammosa (AGASSIZ, 1840).

Excellent fossil of a sea urchin. The sea urchin and the spines finest details have been preserved and have been carefully arranged in position of life.

The radiolas preserve the original coloring patterns, worthy of a museum specimen!

Sea urchin with 10 cm spines, from Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian (152.1-157.3 million years) - France.

Displayed in a brass handmade stand. 

Neptun Cap Coral - Halomitra pileus in an iron base, from Solomon island.

These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Epimayaites transiens ( Ammonite ) Pair in acrylic base.

A beautiful pair of this elusive fossil specimen from the Madagascar Upper Jurassic ( +/- 170 million years ) very good aperture details.

A good collection starter.

Orange Charonia variegata mounted in an acrylic base.

This rare colored piece for came from the North of Brazil coast and it is very much collectable.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cardiidae shells, from Indonesia, mounted in form of flowers. 

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Perisphinctes virguloides ( Ammonite ) Pair in acrylic base. A beautiful pair of this elusive fossil specimen from the Madagascar Upper Jurassic ( +/- 180 million years ) still very good structure details.

A good collection starter.

Tubipora musica coral in glass dome, from Solomon island.

Beautiful natural red color, formed by pipes that remind an organ!

It is supplied with CITES number.

Vertical branch black Gorgonian in a black lacquered wood base, these medium sizes Gorgonia have a special shape and are taken by divers from Manado, North Sulawezi - Indonesia. 

A rare Jeletzkytes spedeni Ammonite, from the Cretaceous, Maastrichian, Fox Hill formation, from 66 -72 million years old.

Very difficult to get, this is a beautiful specimen, from the the usual locality, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

Pocillopora meandrina coral, from Solomon Islands.

Beautiful coral, mounted in a white krion base.

Supplied with CITES certificate. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Umbonium vestiarium shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Cretolamna Aschersoni in matrix, in acrylic base.

Beautiful Lamna Aschersoni shark teeth in their natural matrix, from Cretaceous era (66.0–145.0 million years) - Oued Zem – Morocco.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Umbonium vestiarium shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Cretolamna Aschersoni in matrix, in acrylic base.

Beautiful Lamna Aschersoni shark teeth in their natural matrix, from Cretaceous era (66.0–145.0 million years) - Oued Zem – Morocco.

Neptun Cap Coral - Halomitra pileus in an acrylic base, from Solomon island.

These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Megabalanus tintinnabulum, from Philippines, in a green high gloss wood base.

Megabalanus colonies can reach big size groups, they live attached to rocks and dead coral in watched areas, sometimes attached in boats.

That is the reason why this species can be found in all Indo-Pacific but also in some areas of South Atlantic. Due to the incredible forms and colors they make excellent bizarre decor items.

Polished Orthoceras slab fossil with over 400 million years.

As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix.

The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco - mounted in a black granite base. 

Finger Coral - Acropora humilis, from Solomon Islands. Beautiful specimen coral, mounted in a red krion base for a modern decor.

Supplied with CITES certificate. 

Lambis chiragra - Spider shells, from Palawan Isl. Philippines, in dark brass base.

It's a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. The shell length for this species varies between 85 mm and 320 mm, usually to 170 mm. They have a very thick, robust and heavy shell, with a distinct anterior notch.

Its most prominent characteristic are the six long and curved marginal digitations, expanded from the flaring, thick outer lip and canals. The columella and aperture are lyrate. Female individuals are usually much larger than the male ones.  

Araucaria trunk piece from the famous Ambilobe Petrified forest in Madagascar.

These are formations from the Triassic period with around 220 million years.

Mounted in an acrylic base is a beautiful historic piece!

Acropora florida coral in a black granite base.

One of the most beautiful corals, found only until 30 meter deep, from Solomon Island.

It is a protected species like all corals.

This one has its own CITES certificate, it's a great opportunity to have a One-of-a-Kind piece!

Syrinx aruanius - Australian Trumpet shell in a dark brass base.

It's a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. Shells over 50 cm are now impossible to obtain, specially in good condition. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.

Araucaria trunk piece from the famous Ambilobe Petrified forest in Madagascar.

These are formations from the Triassic period with around 220 million years.

Mounted in an acrylic base is a beautiful historic piece!

Jimbacrinus Bostocki (Crinoid Fossil - Ordovician 488 million years)

This is a rare piece, mass mortality plate of Jimbacrinus bostocki crinoid fossils from Western Australia with over 8 individuals on it.

These crinoids are 3D and have a very alien appearance.

The plate is 32cm x 20cm and has been nicely prepared.

These Jimbacrinus crinoids are hard to acquire due to Australia's strict fossil export laws.

This specimen was exported legally during the 80's and was part of a collection for years before being recently re-prepared.

Acropora Florida Coral in a back granite base, from Solomon Islands.

It is found only up to 30 meter deep and like all corals it is a protected species, supplied with CITES.

One of the most beautiful corals, an amazing unique decor piece!

This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia. 

Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.

These are beautiful colored specimens! 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

A superb Scyphocrinites elegans in a rose marble base.

A One of a Kind piece, from Permian period (358 to 419 million years) of Erfoud - Morocco, an extinct genus of crinoid Camarocrinus.

Beautiful fossil slabs colors and pattern made an extraordinary decor piece. 

A superb polished Haliotis assimilis tray table in satin brass. Look like a Victorian table piece.

With six Haliotis shells polished on both sides, ideal for bringing nuts or sweets to the table.

Unique One of a Kind design piece.

Side table with petrified wood and three double handmade brass legs.

Top of the table is a slice of petrified tree - Araucaria species with 220 million years from Early Triassic period, with beautiful pattern and very dark color.

It comes from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar.

One of a kind piece.

"Cup coral" Turbinaria reniformis, its skeleton forms large and horizontal white waves curled around the edges, in a conic shape.

When alive, the polyps color has a beautiful multitude of shades ranging from yellow to green.

Mounted in a high quality handmade brass base, from Solomon island.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

One of a Kind piece that makes the difference in a decor ambience.

A superb specimen of Halomitra pileus, from Solomon island.

These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.

Mounted in a beautiful handmade brass base, it is a high decorative piece! 

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Fantastic Spondylus croceus attached naturally in a dead coral base, from Olango Island, Cebu - Philippines.

Displayed in black granite socket.

Cretaceous Albian period (100 to 145 million years), from Madagascar.

Spectacular giant opalized Cleoniceras besairiei group with other ammonite species.

Fabulous display and decorative.

One of a kind piece!

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae, from Madagascar and Scottish sea urchins, from North sea in a black lacquered wood base.

A superb Scyphocrinites elegans in a handmade brass display.

A One of a Kind piece, from Permian period (358 to 419 million years) of Erfoud - Morocco, an extinct genus of crinoid Camarocrinus.

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae and white knobbed sea urchins, all from Madagascar in a natural walnut wood base.

Side table with petrified wood and three double handmade brass legs.

Top of the table is a slice of petrified tree - Araucaria species with 220 million years from Early Triassic period, with beautiful pattern and very dark color.

It comes from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar.

One of a kind piece.

"Cup coral" Turbinaria reniformis, its skeleton forms large and horizontal white waves curled around the edges, in a conic shape.

When alive, the polyps color has a beautiful multitude of shades ranging from yellow to green.

Mounted in a high quality handmade brass base, from Solomon island.

Supplied with CITES certificate.

One of a Kind piece that makes the difference in a decor ambience.

Sugar Sea star in a white wood glass frame.

One of the most elusive species of starfish, very big size, from Gulf of Mexico.

Outstanding slab with three Gigantopecten restitutensis fossil from Vaucluse quarry in S.E. France.

Lower Miocene (Burdigalien) around 20 to 16 million years.

Very well prepared and clean.

Superb pair of Hexaplex cichoreus from Balicasag, Philippines.

This intricated species is very variable in pattern and color, along the years we have had exceptional pieces, these ones are of great beauty.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Aioloceras besairiei Lower Cretaceous, Albian period (100,5 – 113,0 million years ) from Mahajanga, Madagascar, in a black lacquered wood base.

Beautiful twin Aioloceras ammonite with most of the original nacreous shell layers (mother of pearl) preserved. Both sides have been prepared. 

Beautiful Hexaplex nigritus from Mexico, always a very elusive shell, make a curious decor item.

Mounted in a brass and white lacquered wood base.