Just over an hour’s drive southeast from Melbourne is an eclectic shop at the end of a dirt road. It’s home to countless fossils, crystals, and gems, complete with a dinosaur garden, a meteorite gallery, and a famous and perfectly preserved great white shark—affectionately named Rosie. Crystal World is not your average crystal shop, though it does have a wide array of geologic marvels for sale. The shop’s proprietor is Tom Kapitany, a degreed botanist and geologist who—if he’s not in the shop—is likely scavenging the far corners of our…
