Pyrite and Horn Ring by Pulowi

Pedro Barrail's chiaroscuro chairs were created in 2014 as part of his first solo exhibition at Cristina Grajales gallery titled welcome to the jungle. The chairs, which are made of ...

This set of four small tables are made of hand-glazed ceramic and Carrara marble. The overall dimensions of the four tables when placed together measure approximately 20” H x 28 3/4”...

This set designed by Luigi Colani in 1973 includes a sake pot with warming stand, six cups, six saucers, six dessert plates, one creamer and one sugar bowl. ...

This powder-coated wrought iron and glass mirror by Sam Baron was first exhibited at the Design Miami Fair in 2014. Born in France in 1976, Sam Baron has a degree in Design from t...

This chandelier was designed by Sam Baron in 2014 and was first exhibited at the Design Miami/Basel Fair in Switzerland. Born in France in 1976, Sam Baron has a degree in design ...

This hand-painted porcelain bird was designed by Sam Baron in 2012. Born in France in 1976, Sam Baron has a degree in Design from the Fine Arts School of Saint Etienne and a post...

Roni Horn Aka Roni Horn by Roni Horn and Rdited by Briony Fer. Published by Steidl Verlag, Germany 2009. Over the course of more than 30 years, Roni Horn has developed a body of work...

Arcahorn is an Italian company founded in 1958 by Mario Guerro. His family's company meticulously produces luxury decorative objects in zebu horn and other natural materials. This ha...

A multicellular galvanized outdoor horn speaker.

Intense lapis blue with shiny pyrite details.

Pyrite (FeS2, iron (II) disulfide) is the most abundant sulfide mineral in the world. It is found literally everywhere, in igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks and in sedimentary rocks. It usually forms cubic crystals, with each crystal having six planes and razor-sharp corners and has a somewhat pale, coppery-yellow metallic luster. The ancient Greeks used pyrite to make fire. If you hit a piece of pyrite with a hard object, sparks will fly. Hence the name, πυρίτης (pyritēs) which means "for fire". For this reason the mineral was also popular for a while in the 16th and 17th centuries. Placing a piece of pyrite against a round file gave you just enough spark to fire a pistol of that era. Although pyrite is still primarily mined to make sulfuric acid, there have been more applications lately. For example, pyrite is found in Lithium batteries and the mineral is also increasingly used in solar panels. In the 1840'smMany of the inexperienced fortune hunters...

Early 20th century taxidermy snuff mull of natural sheep's or ram's horn with a silver plate compartment with lid on one end that rises into a horn spiral a...