A collection of 850 stone-cut eggs from minerals from around the world, cut by Dieter Jerusalem.
Dieter Jerusalem is a famous diamond cutter from Idar-Oberstein, he is proud of his surname for good reason. Not everyone can trace their lineage back to the Crusades. Dieter Jerusalem became interested in creating Easter eggs from precious and ornamental stones, working in his father’s workshop from the mid-1960s. He chose his own path in the field of diamond cutting and today is the most famous Easter egg carver in the world, who knows how to bring out the purity and beauty of minerals in his creations in the best possible way.
Throughout his working career Dieter searched for and found rare and unusual samples of minerals, especially from various depleted deposits. Therefore, in his collections of stone-cut eggs there are precious specimens that can no longer be found in Europe.
Collection of 500 stone-cut eggs cut by Dieter Jerusalem.Translucent spheres of calcite inside a cavity of a dark brown basalt matrix (India), faceted in the shape of an egg. Height 12.7 cm.Calcite and smoky quartz egg (India). Height 14.6 cm.Amethyst geode egg (Uruguay). Height 10.5 cm.Agate egg. Height 10.6 cm.Petrified wood egg (Auracarioxylon arizonicum, Triassic, Chinle Formation, Arizona). Height 12.5 cm.California quartz egg with gold veins. Height 58 mm.Amethyst Geode Egg. Height 10 cm.Jasper egg with veins of calcite (India). Height 14.6 cm.Ruby egg (Tanzania). Height 58 mm.Sugilite egg (South Africa). Height 58 mm.Two dinosaur bone eggs with river gravel inclusions (Utah). Height 80 and 58 mm.Amethyst geode egg inside agate. Height 10 cm.10 dinosaur eggs with gravel inclusions (Utah). Height 58 mm.Opal egg (Australia). Height 6 cm.
