Cornerstone Minerals

Do you recognize this extinct cephalopod?

Ammonites lived between 240-65 million years ago, ranging in size from a few millimeters in diameter to the size of a car. This fossil has a beautiful pattern made from the dividing sutures between the chambers of the shell. 🐚🦑🌊

Pay a visit to Cornerstone Minerals online and downtown Asheville, Greenville, Charleston and Savannah to browse our selection of fossils, minerals, jewelry, and other fine home decor. ⛰️💍🪔✨

Last day to enjoy our Labor Day weekend sale! Bring home a piece of nature’s beauty today from Cornerstone Minerals. 🇺🇸✨

Enjoy browsing our selection of high quality framed specimen, marine life, fossils, minerals, fine jewelry, and other beautiful home decor online and in downtown Charleston, Greenville, Asheville, and Savannah. 💎⛰️💍🪔

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Anhydrite is formed by the precipitation of calcium sulfate from evaporation of seawater. When exposed to water over time, it alters into the more commonly found gypsum.

This piece was sourced in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and may be found at Cornerstone Minerals in addition to other high quality minerals, fossils, jewelry, and other home decor. Visit in downtown Charleston, Greenville, Savannah, and Asheville or online today! 💍⛰️🐗🪔

This beautiful Uruguayan amethyst geode features a piece of calcite. Calcite is a common mineral that can be deposited by precipitation of calcified water into gaps in other crystals, occasionally growing vertically to form the impressive shape seen here. ⛰️💟💎

Discover more naturally occurring mineral pairings and natural history at Cornerstone Minerals. Shop fine jewelry, minerals, fossils, and other home decor online or in downtown Savannah, Charleston, Greenville, and Asheville every day of the week. ✨💍🪔

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Botryoidal hematite is an iron oxide compound that forms its signature rounded nodules by mineralizing around small clumps of sand over millions of years.

This piece was sourced in the Safi Province of Morocco. Find your favorite piece of hematite and other select minerals, fossils, and home decor at Cornerstone Minerals online and in downtown Asheville, Greenville, Charleston, and Savannah.

Along with fine minerals, fossils, framed specimen, taxidermy and other beautiful home decor, we also offer a selection of fine jewelry! 💍✨💎

Browse birthstone jewelry and rare minerals set in sterling silver at our locations in downtown Savannah, Charleston, Greenville, and Asheville as well as online at Cornerstone Minerals.

Enjoy a wide selection of minerals, fossils, framed specimen, fine jewelry, and other home decor at Cornerstone Minerals today! Located in downtown Savannah, Charleston, Greenville, and Asheville. ⛰️🐚💍✨

After hours? Browse our collection at Cornerstone Minerals online until your next visit. See you soon!

Trilobites are an extinct form of marine arthropod that lived for about 300 million years, producing over 25,000 different species and adaptations in that time. These early arthropods were the first animals to develop complex eyes, which were composed of calcite. 🌊🦀⛰️

These collector fossils were sourced in Tazzarine, Morocco. Enjoy browsing our collection of fine minerals, fossils, jewelry, and other home decor online at Cornerstone Minerals and in downtown Greenville, Charleston, Asheville, and Savannah today 11-8:30pm. ✨💎🪔💍

Do you recognize this strontium sulfate mineral?

Celestite most commonly occurs in blue, but can also be found as colorless, white, gray, green, yellow, orange and reddish brown. This gorgeous piece was mined in Madagascar and is associated with accessing higher dimensions and serenity. 🕊️🦋

Browse our collection of celestite and other high quality minerals as well as fossils, framed specimen, taxidermy, fine jewelry, and other home decor at Cornerstone Minerals. Visit us online or in downtown Asheville, Greenville, Charleston, and Savannah. ✨💍🦣💎

Explore our gallery of nature’s beauty for the perfect contribution to your home today. Our natural home decor includes minerals, fossils, framed specimen, taxidermy, as well as jewelry and kitchenware. 💍🦣🏔️

Visit Cornerstone Minerals online or in downtown Asheville, Greenville, Charleston and Savannah until 8:30pm tonight to purchase your new favorite piece.

Shop our peridot selection for the entirety of August for 15% off! This sale includes our fine jewelry as well as the raw mineral.

Peridot forms deep inside Earth's mantle and is brought to the surface by volcanic activity. This gem is associated with compassion, inspiring creativity, and nurturing relationships and health. 💎🍀💍

Source your favorite piece in downtown Savannah, Charleston, Greenville, Asheville or online today at Cornerstone Minerals.

Malachite displays a stunning green color due to the copper present in the mineral. This copper carbonate hydroxide mineral is connected to the heart chakra, promoting emotional healing and introspection. 💎⛰️☘️

This mineral occurs worldwide and is available for purchase at Cornerstone Minerals online or in our Savannah, Charleston, Greenville, and Asheville locations.

This gorgeous piece of fluorite displays one of the naturally occurring shapes associated with fluorite: cubic crystals. 🧊 Fluorite also occurs in octahedral and dodecahedral crystals, ranging from colorless and complete transparency to opaque green, purple, blue and violet.

This rare blue fluorite was sourced in the El Hammam mine in Morocco. ⛰️💎 Visit us at our locations in Savannah, Charleston, Greenville and Asheville or online to find this piece and enjoy browsing our gallery of nature’s beauty.

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎆

We are discounting red, white and blue minerals over $50 by 15% this 4th of July. 💎 Enjoy browsing our collection at our stores in SC, NC, and GA or online at Cornerstone Minerals.
See you there!

Rubies are 15% off for the month of July! ✨💎💍
Browse our exquisite birthstone selection at one of our locations or online at Cornerstone Minerals for the perfect gift.

This jaw belonged to a Romanian cave bear, a species similar to the modern brown bear. These animals went extinct about 24,000 years ago due to last glacial maximum, commonly recognized as within the last ice age. 🐻⛰️🧊

Fossilization in ice occurs differently, as the original tissues of animals are more largely preserved, with the possibility of soft tissue remaining in rare cases.

Visit Cornerstone Minerals at one of our locations or online today to explore our wide variety of high quality fossils.

Barite is composed of barium sulfate and usually presents white or colorless. This stunning piece was sourced in Sterling, Colorado, which is well known for the occurrence of blue barite.

Blue barite assists in channeling higher self, effecting intuition and self-acceptance to help achieve goals. 💎✨☮️

Purchase a collector's item like this mineral from Cornerstone Minerals online or in-store today.

Do you find this fossil familiar?

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The oldest fossil shrimp known to date is at least 360 million years old, with shrimp theorized to date back to the Cambrian period. Shrimp have evolved specialized appendages for feeding, swimming and defense that include changes to body shape, coloration and behavior. 🦐🌊⛰️

Explore our wide assortment at one of our Cornerstone Minerals locations or online for the perfect marine fossil to add to your collection.

Chrome diopside is characterized by the bright green color the chromium content provides. This mineral is fluorescent and ranges from light green to black in color. Diopside is associated with inducing and aiding in physical healing, with attention to regulating the circulatory system. 🫀

This mineral is found in several locations around the world, with this piece sourced from Merelani Hills in the Arusha region of Tanzania. ⛰️💎🌏

Visit Cornerstone Minerals in-store or online to browse collector minerals like this piece today.

Do you recognize this bone?

This fossilized metatarsal and claw belonged to a Camarasaurus, an herbivorous sauropod that lived in the late Jurassic period. Due to their diet, the claws were likely used for digging or display. 🦕⛰️🌿

This piece was sourced in Kaycee, Wyoming within the Morrison formation. Find this fossil and a variety of other dinosaur bones at each of our in-store locations as well as online at Cornerstone Minerals.

Take a look at the next slide to see an evidence-based illustration of a Camarasaurus!

This photo perfectly captures the intense red-orange color typical to crocoite.

Crocoite is a collector's mineral mined almost completely in Tasmania, with its striking color sourced from its lead chromate makeup. 💎✨⛰️

Browse our wide variety of collector's items at each of our locations as well as online.

Do you recognize this bone?

This vertebra does not differ much in appearance from the human thoracic vertebrae, but it has a very different owner. This bone belonged to a juvenile Allosaurus, a carnivorous theropod that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. 🦴🏔️🦖

Purchase this piece and other dinosaur fossils at Cornerstone Minerals. Our wide variety is available online or in store.

Does your dream home look anything like this? Browse unique home decor including fossils, minerals, shells and skulls today at Cornerstone Minerals. Your perfect statement piece awaits you in store or online today. 🐚💎⛰️

Interested in minerals but want to start your collection small? We have a wide variety of tumbles at every location!

Find explanations of mineralogy and spirituality on each basket or from a friendly Cornerstone Minerals employee. Looking forward to seeing you soon! 💎⛰️✨

Do you recognize this awesome gemstone-fossil mashup?

Ammolite comes from the fossilized shells of ammonites, which were ancient cephalopods. These shells are composed of aragonite and various proteins. Under millions of years of tectonic pressure, heat, and mineralization, aragonite and proteins alternate layers to provide the rainbow effect you see here. 🐚🌈✨

Swipe to see the full shell! This piece as well as smaller pieces and ammolite jewelry are available at our in-store locations or online at Cornerstone Minerals. 💎💍

Can you guess what animal this fossil belonged to?

The Romanian cave bear lived approximately 28,000 to 130,000 years ago. Don't let this paw fool you, the bears were opportunistic omnivores that mostly maintained a vegetable diet.
In early discoveries, cave bear bones were pulverized and used for medicinal purposes, particularly for joint and digestive health. 🐻🦴🏔️

Modern use includes addition to your collection at home! Purchase one of the two paws from our Charleston location or online today!

Bornite is commonly recognized as peacock ore, named for the iridescent tarnish it develops when exposed to moisture. This copper ore is commonly mined and used in industrial applications, as well as making beautiful decor. 💎✨🌈

Add a piece to your collection today! This mineral is found alongside a variety of others online or in-store at Cornerstone Minerals.

Did you know that there are true crabs and false crabs? The types are often distinguished by body size and tail length, with true crabs having a wider body and shorter tail, and false crabs having an elongated body shape and longer tail.

Explore crustaceans and other natural history at your closest Cornerstone Minerals or online today! 🐚🦀🌊

Don’t miss out on another great live sale, this Thursday!!! Alisa and Keenan will see you there! Tune in at 8pm!!! January 25th. 📌