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This Pectolite specimen comes from the Poudrette Quarry at Mount-Saint-Hilaire and displays a nice terminated crystal. 

Pectolite crystals are known for their unique crystal habits, often forming as slender and elongated fibers radiating from a central point. These fibers can be densely packed to form globular masses. Pectolite can be tough and dense but is often delicate and soft to the touch. It can tarnish brown or black upon exposure to air. The crystals can be found in various colors, including white, gray, light yellow, brown, pink, orange, salmon, and light blue. The blue variety, known as Larimar, is highly sought after and is found exclusively in the Dominican Republic. Pectolite is primarily used as a collector's mineral.

Great looking translucent crystal cluster, an excellent specimen from the world renowned location that is MSH. This beautiful crystal would be a great addition to any new or existing collection.

Name:  Pectolite crystal
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized  
Dimensions: 28x14x7 mm / 1.1x0.5x0.3 inches   
Weight:  4.4 Grams / 0.15 Ounces   
Origin: Mined in Poudrette Quarry, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Sulfohalite is a rare sodium sulfate mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, sulfur, and sodium, and is highly sought after by mineral collectors at Searles Lake, California. It is known for forming small, often transparent to translucent, yellow-green octahedral or dodecahedral crystals, often appearing as two pyramids stacked base-to-base. 

Searles Lake, located east of Trona in San Bernardino County, California, is the type locality for sulfohalite, where it was first described by Hidden and MacKintosh in 1888. It is found within the evaporite sediments of the Searles Lake basin.  While sometimes found in abundance, it can be rare and hard to find in other years, making it a prized specimen during collection events. Usually colorless, gray, or greenish-yellow, often with a greenish-brown tint.  Typically occurs as yellow-greenish octahedral crystals.  Crystals are generally small (thumbnail or micro size). 

Name: Sulfohalite Crystal
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 34x34x35 mm / 1.3x1.3x1.4 inches  (incl box) 
Weight: 10.7 Grams / 0.4 ounces (incl box) 
Origin: Searls Lake, Trona, California

An olivine volcanic bomb is a type of volcanic rock that contains olivine crystals and has been ejected during a volcanic eruption. Olivine is a mineral that is commonly found in the Earth's mantle and is one of the first minerals to crystallize as magma cools.

Volcanic bombs are large clots of lava that are ejected from a volcano during an explosive eruption. They can vary in size, and their shapes are often streamlined due to their molten nature as they are thrown through the air. When these volcanic bombs contain olivine crystals, they are referred to as olivine volcanic bombs.

This piece has been cut to showcase the beautiful green olivine crystals.  It would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card. 

Name: Olivine Volcanic Bomb  
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized  
Dimensions: 47x37x13 mm / 1.8x1.5x0.5 Inches  
Weight:  32.6 Grams / 1.1 Ounce  
Details: Volcanic activity Mortlake, Victoria, Australia  

This is a 45.4 gram lot of beautiful tumbled Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan.  There are 5 pieces that range in size from approximately 21-33x12-19 mm.  This is the exact lot that you will receive.

Lapis lazuli is a vivid blue metamorphic rock and a gemstone that has been prized for its intense color and historical significance for thousands of years.  It's composed of lazurite (for the blue color), calcite, sodalite, and pyrite. It is the presence of pyrite that causes the gold-colored flecks or veins in the stone.  It has a moderate hardness, typically ranging from 5 to 5.5 on the Mohs scale.  High-quality lapis lazuli has been historically sourced from mines in Afghanistan; however, other deposits are found in countries such as Russia, Chile, Italy, and the United States.

Lapis lazuli is believed to promote self-awareness and mental clarity.

Oolites in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, are tiny, sand-sized, spherical or ovoid grains (0.15–1.5 mm) formed by calcium carbonate precipitating in concentric layers around a nucleus—often brine shrimp fecal pellets or mineral fragments—in shallow, wave-agitated water. These light brown grains, commonly found on Antelope Island and Stansbury Island, are modern examples of carbonate sedimentation.

This geological specimen found around Stansbury Island and other parts of the Great Salt Lake is an interesting addition to any mineral collection.

Name: Oolites
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  50x22 mm / 2.0x0.9 inches (Incl bottle)
Weight:  31.4 Grams / 1.1 ounces (incl bottle)
Origin: Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Pseudomorphs are mineral specimens that have the external shape of one mineral but are composed of another.  The pseudomorph goethite after marcasite forms when marcasite is exposed to oxidizing conditions and starts to oxidize and break down. As the marcasite breaks down, goethite replaces it in the crystal structure, preserving the shape of the original marcasite crystal. The resulting specimen appears as a marcasite crystal, but is actually composed of goethite.

The Farafra Oasis, in the White Desert, has been known for a number of years to deliver incredible pseudomorph specimens. The pseudomorphs occur within the Cretaceous Khoman Chalk, from which the White Desert derives its name.

This specimen is remarkable for its relatively sharp and bladed marcasite crystal form.  It is in excellent condition.  

Name: Goethite After Marcasite Pseudomorph
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized Specimen
Dimensions:  36x27x27 mm / 1.4x1.0x1.0 inches
Weight: 45.2 grams / 1.6 ounces 
Origin: White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

Most cassiterite crystals have opaque, dark colors, usually black or brown. Lighter-colored, facetable crystals are much rarer and usually occur in small fragments. With a dispersion or fire almost twice that of diamond as well as vitreous to adamantine luster, transparency, and a hardness of 6-7, faceted cassiterites would make good jewelry stones. Cassiterite is a durable gemstone with tremendous dispersive fire, especially visible in properly cut pale-colored stones.  Unfortunately, facetable rough is very scarce. 

However, the combination of rarity and little consumer awareness means you’ll more likely find these for sale as collector’s specimens.

Name: Cassiterite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 50x22 mm / 2.0x0.9 inches (Incl bottle)
Weight:  20 Grams / 0.7 ounces
Origin: Mined in Tin Gulch, Grant Co., New Mexico USA

This is a rare 7.63-gram Impactite end cut specimen from the impact structure located near the village of Karlinskoye in the Ulyanovsk Oblast of Russia.  It is generally referred to as the Karla crater (Russian: Карлинский кратер). Its dimensions are 46x38x7 mm. 

The Karla crater, not to be confused with the Kara crater, is situated in the Ulyanovsk Oblast, near the village of Karlinskoye, not far from the city of Ulyanovsk. It is a confirmed meteorite impact structure with a diameter of approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) with the age of the impact is estimated to be around 5 ± 1 million years old, placing it in the Pliocene epoch. The crater is considered exposed at the surface, and it features a complex structure with a central uplift composed of Paleozoic sediments and Archean crystalline basement rock, surrounded by a collapsed disruption cavity filled with breccia and lake deposits.

Take a closer look at a piece of history with this remarkable impactite. A highly unique addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a rare 21.69-gram Kamensk Crater Impactite end cut specimen from the impact crater located 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2 to 9.3 mi) to the north of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky town in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Its dimensions are 57x43x12 mm. 

Kamensk crater is 25 km (16 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 49.0 ± 0.2 million years old (Eocene). The crater is not exposed at the surface.  It may have formed at the same time as the smaller and nearby Gusev crater. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection pieces you'll ever own.

Take a closer look at a piece of history with this remarkable impactite. A highly unique addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

The Gold Hill Wash Prospect, part of the Clifton-Gold Hill Mining District, is known for its rich mineral resources, including jarosite. This mineral is part of the larger group of minerals found in the area, which also includes limonite.

The Gold Hill Mine, operated by the Western Utah Copper Company in the early 20th century, was significant for its arsenic deposits, although it closed after World War I. The mine's portals and shafts have since been sealed by the state of Utah.

This specimen from the Gold Hill Mine is a matrix covered with minute jarosite crystals.  This specimen is an interesting addition to any mineral collection.

Name: Jarosite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  53x49x33 mm / 2.1x1.9x1.3 inches
Weight:  64.91 Grams / 2.3 ounces
Origin: Mined in Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mining District (Clifton Mining District), Tooele County, Utah, USA