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Hydroxylherderite on Quartz Points | Perky Box Thumbnail Specimen | Bennett Quarry, Buckfield Maine, USA
$52.00 CAD
Unit price perHydroxylherderite on Quartz Points | Perky Box Thumbnail Specimen | Bennett Quarry, Buckfield Maine, USA
$52.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a stunning thumbnail sized specimen of Quartz and Hydroxylherderite. There are many fully terminated quartz point, some of them surrounding the Hydroxylherderite. Some crystallized pyrite is visible on the bottom of the cluster.
Quartz crystals are among the most abundant and well-known minerals on Earth. Quartz belongs to the hexagonal crystal system. It typically forms six-sided prismatic crystals with a pointed termination. Its crystals can be colorless or exhibit a wide range of colors. The color variations are often due to the presence of impurities or trace elements during the crystal's formation. Quartz is transparent to translucent.
Hydroxylherderite is a relatively rare mineral that belongs to the phosphate mineral group. It is comes in a variety of colours: Colourless, gray, brown, pale yellow, greenish white, light blue, and purple. Notable occurrences of Hydroxylherderite include Brazil, Afghanistan, and the United States.
This specimen would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.
Name: Quartz and HydroxylherderiteSpecimen Size: Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 25x19 mm / 1.0x0.8 inches
Specimen Box 33x33 mm / 1.3x1.3 inches
Weight: 14.8 Grams / 0.5 Ounces (including box)
Origin: Bennet Quarry, Buckfield, Maine
Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, originally brought from Iceland, and used in demonstrating the polarization of light.
The most common crystal structure of Iceland spar is rhombohedral, but other structures, such as scalenohedral or prismatic, can form depending on formation conditions. Iceland spar is primarily found in Iceland but can occur in different parts of the world with suitable geological conditions such as China.
Name: Iceland Spar Optical Calcite
Specimen Size: Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 30x27x25 mm / 1.2x1.1x1.0 inches
Weight: 60.8 Grams / 2.1 Ounces
Origin: Guangxi Province, China
Product Type: Idocrase | Vesuvianite
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.3ct
Size: 8x6mm
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Amazing Green
Clarity: Clean
Treatment: None
Origin: Canada
Impact Breccia Part Slice | 58.9 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$61.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Breccia Part Slice | 58.9 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$61.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have 58.9 gram Metal Ore Copper rich Impact Breccia from the famous Sudbury Astrobleme Impact Structure in Ontario Canada. Its dimensions are 57x45x9mm. 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.
About 1.87 billion years ago, an object from space nine kilometers in diameter slammed into Canada, a little north of Sudbury, Ontario creating the second largest impact structure on the earth. This impact was equivalent to a billion tons of TNT. An impact so big it cracked the earth, and in fact there are still earthquakes because of that event today! The many mineral rich deposits and strange rock formations in such close proximity has attracted attention for 100's of years, long before its impact origin was known.
Note that this is not a meteorite but a slice of Earth rock, altered by the impact of a very large meteorite. This came from the ring of the impact and is the harder to find gold-copper-bronze colored impactite described as a metal-rich breccia and sulfides composed chiefly of some amount of iridium, cobalt & selenium. In addition, most of these specimens will contain nickel, iron, sperrylite and pentlandite as well as minor amounts of other metals, metallic & silicate minerals."
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a copy of a signed Mickael Cottingham Meteorite Collection and a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Breccia Part Slice | 59.5 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada,
$95.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Breccia Part Slice | 59.5 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada,
$95.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have 59.5 gram Metal Ore Copper rich Impact Breccia from the famous Sudbury Astrobleme Impact Structure in Ontario Canada. Its dimensions are 52x31x13 mm. 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.
Mark Bostick wrote "About 1.87 billion years ago, an object from space nine kilometers in diameter slammed into Canada, a little north of Sudbury, Ontario creating the second largest impact structure on the earth. This impact was equivalent to a billion tons of TNT. An impact so big it cracked the earth, and in fact there are still earthquakes because of that event today! The many mineral rich deposits and strange rock formations in such close proximity has attracted attention for 100's of years, long before its impact origin was known.
Note that this is not a meteorite but a slice of Earth rock, altered by the impact of a very large meteorite. This came from the ring of the impact and is the harder to find gold-copper-bronze colored impactite described as a metal-rich breccia and sulfides composed chiefly of some amount of iridium, cobalt & selenium. In addition, most of these specimens will contain nickel, iron, sperrylite and pentlandite as well as minor amounts of other metals, metallic & silicate minerals."
Note that this is a very fragile material so it will be packed with attention. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a copy of a signed Mark Bostick Collection and a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Breccia Part Slice | 83.3 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada,
$138.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Breccia Part Slice | 83.3 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada,
$138.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have 83.3 gram Metal Ore Copper rich Impact Breccia from the famous Sudbury Astrobleme Impact Structure in Ontario Canada. Its dimensions are 64x34x13 mm. 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.
Mark Bostick wrote "About 1.87 billion years ago, an object from space nine kilometers in diameter slammed into Canada, a little north of Sudbury, Ontario creating the second largest impact structure on the earth. This impact was equivalent to a billion tons of TNT. An impact so big it cracked the earth, and in fact there are still earthquakes because of that event today! The many mineral rich deposits and strange rock formations in such close proximity has attracted attention for 100's of years, long before its impact origin was known.
Note that this is not a meteorite but a slice of Earth rock, altered by the impact of a very large meteorite. This came from the ring of the impact and is the harder to find gold-copper-bronze colored impactite described as a metal-rich breccia and sulfides composed chiefly of some amount of iridium, cobalt & selenium. In addition, most of these specimens will contain nickel, iron, sperrylite and pentlandite as well as minor amounts of other metals, metallic & silicate minerals."
Note that this is a very fragile material so it will be packed with attention. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a copy of a signed Mark Bostick Collection and a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Breccia Slice Kit | 106 Grams | Impactite and Guide | Brent Crater Trail, Ontario, Canada
$95.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Breccia Slice Kit | 106 Grams | Impactite and Guide | Brent Crater Trail, Ontario, Canada
$95.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have slice of Brent pinkish gneiss impact breccia. It is roughly diamond shaped with dimensions of 140x75x8 mm and a weight of 106 grams. It comes together with a collectable twelve-page booklet, with paper a cover, entitled Brent Crater Trail: History of the Crater.
This 14x21.5cm fully illustrated collectible trail guide was published in 1998 and is a great introduction to the Brent Crater. It examines the history of the Brent Crater, discovered in 1951, one of Canada’s many meteorite impact craters. The crater itself is about 3.8 km in diameter and is estimated to be 396-million year old (+ or - 20 million years).
Long after a meteorite impact crater has begun to disappear from the landscape, a variety of impactites may remain. One variety is impact breccia, a mixture of shattered and sometimes melted rock.
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. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection, also perfect as a gift for a young space enthusiast. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Breccia | Part Slice | 222.8 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$230.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Breccia | Part Slice | 222.8 Grams | Metal Rich Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$230.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have 222.8 gram Metal Ore Copper rich Impact Breccia from the famous Sudbury Astrobleme Impact Structure in Ontario Canada. Its dimensions are 110x70x10 mm. 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.
About 1.87 billion years ago, an object from space nine kilometers in diameter slammed into Canada, a little north of Sudbury, Ontario creating the second largest impact structure on the earth. This impact was equivalent to a billion tons of TNT. An impact so big it cracked the earth, and in fact there are still earthquakes because of that event today! The many mineral rich deposits and strange rock formations in such close proximity has attracted attention for 100's of years, long before its impact origin was known.
Note that this is not a meteorite but a slice of Earth rock, altered by the impact of a very large meteorite. This came from the ring of the impact and is the harder to find gold-copper-bronze colored impactite described as a metal-rich breccia and sulfides composed chiefly of some amount of iridium, cobalt & selenium. In addition, most of these specimens will contain nickel, iron, sperrylite and pentlandite as well as minor amounts of other metals, metallic & silicate minerals."
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection and a Canagem Collection specimen card.
This is a great 50.7 gram Impact Melt Breccia from the Sääksjärvi crater in Finland. It is amazingly light considering its mass of 54x42x25 mm. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection item you'll ever own. Impactite is a slag-like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite.
The term impactite encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components and shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.
Sääksjärvi is a lake in Kokemäki, Satakunta, western Finland, east of the town of Pori. The lake is notable because it overlies an impact crater. The crater is 5 kilometres (3 mi) in diameter and is completely buried under the lake and is not visible at the surface. The age of the impact structure is estimated to be about 543 ± 12 Ma (million years ago), at the boundary between the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods. There are impactite rocks in the southwestern region from the crater confirming its extraterrestrial origin. At the time of its discovery, only one impact crater (Lappajärvi) was known in Finland.
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
This is a great 85.2 gram Impact Melt Breccia from the Sääksjärvi crater in Finland. It is amazingly light considering its mass of 95x51x15 mm. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection item you'll ever own. Impactite is a slag-like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite.
The term impactite encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components and shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.
Sääksjärvi is a lake in Kokemäki, Satakunta, western Finland, east of the town of Pori. The lake is notable because it overlies an impact crater. The crater is 5 kilometres (3 mi) in diameter and is completely buried under the lake and is not visible at the surface. The age of the impact structure is estimated to be about 543 ± 12 Ma (million years ago), at the boundary between the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods. There are impactite rocks in the southwestern region from the crater confirming its extraterrestrial origin. At the time of its discovery, only one impact crater (Lappajärvi) was known in Finland.
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Melt Glass | 231 Grams | Layered Melt Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$379.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Melt Glass | 231 Grams | Layered Melt Impactite | Sudbury Structure, Canada
$379.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is a must have 231 gram Impact Melt Glass slice from the famous Sudbury Impact Structure in Ontario Canada. Its dimensions are 123x104x9 mm. 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.
About 1.87 billion years ago, an object from space 9 kilometers in diameter, slammed into Canada a little north of Sudbury, Ontario creating the second largest impact structure on the earth. This impact was equivalent to a billion tons of TNT; an impact so great that it cracked the earth, in fact they still have earthquakes because of it today!
The many mineral rich deposits and strange rock formations in such close proximity has attracted attention for 100's of years, long before its impact origin was known. Thomas Edison, for instance, built a lab on site and NASA Moonwalker "Gene" Cernan, who studied and collected geology samples as part of his pre-moon mission training.
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with Canagem Collection specimen card.
Impact Melt Glass | Flädle Glass | 12.67 Grams | End Cut | Lake Mien Crater Impactite | Sweden
$25.00 CAD
Unit price perImpact Melt Glass | Flädle Glass | 12.67 Grams | End Cut | Lake Mien Crater Impactite | Sweden
$25.00 CAD
Unit price perThis is an outstanding specimen of Impact Melt Glass or "Flädle" glass from the Lake Mien crater, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tingsryd, Sweden. Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts.
Impactite is a slag-like glassy object found on the surface of the earth, formed from rock melted by the impact of a meteorite. The term encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts or suevites and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components and shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.
This eroded crater is marked by a 5.5-km (3.4-mi) diameter circular lake named Lake Mien. The original crater rim is estimated to have been about 9 km in diameter before erosion. Its age is estimated to be 121.0 ± 2.3 million years (Early Cretaceous). This Suevitic breccia with clastic matrix and melt inclusions (black) and crystalline rock clasts (gray to white) is amazingly light considering its 12.67 grams with a mass of 36x34x12 mm. It has a unique hollow sound when you tap it.
Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.