Smithsonian Institution Exclusive
Description
The countries of the globe are rendered in mesmerizing hand-cut and hand-polished shell and stone inlays in our best-selling Smithsonian Blue Mineral Globe Paperweight. Two kinds of green jade, lilac lepidolite, red stone, marble, and abalone suggest the terrain and coastlines of each continent in an abstract, desktop world globe paperweight. See below for globe paperweights in both Black and White backgrounds.
Museum Story
This Smithsonian Blue Mineral Globe Paperweight celebrates specimens in our National Gem and Mineral Collection. One of the greatest collections of its kind, its more than 375,000 individual specimens include such treasured pieces as the Hope Diamond, the Star of Asia Sapphire and the Rosser Reeves Star Ruby.
Details
- Jade, lepidolite, redstone, marble, abalone
- 3.15" diam.
- Made in China
