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This is a beautiful Spinel crystal in marble host from Myanmar (Burma).  Spinel comes in a variety of colors, including red, pink, blue, purple, orange, and black. It is often mistaken for other gemstones due to its resemblance to rubies and sapphires, especially red spinel, which historically has been confused with ruby.

Spinel is found in various regions around the world, including Myanmar (formerly Burma), Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Madagascar, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Myanmar, in particular, is known for producing some of the finest red spinel gemstones.

Spinel is associated with vitality, rejuvenation, and inspiration. It is believed to promote energy, strength, and positive transformation.

Name:  Spinel Crystal In Host (marble matrix)
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  47x34x24 mm / 2.3x1.3x0.9 inches
Weight:  59 grams / 2.1 ounces / 294.8 ct
Origin: Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)

This is a beautiful Spinel crystal in marble host from Myanmar (Burma).  Spinel comes in a variety of colors, including red, pink, blue, purple, orange, and black. It is often mistaken for other gemstones due to its resemblance to rubies and sapphires, especially red spinel, which historically has been confused with ruby.

Spinel is found in various regions around the world, including Myanmar (formerly Burma), Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Madagascar, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Myanmar, in particular, is known for producing some of the finest red spinel gemstones.

Spinel is associated with vitality, rejuvenation, and inspiration. It is believed to promote energy, strength, and positive transformation.

Name:  Spinel Crystal In Host (marble matrix)
Specimen Size:  Miniature Sized
Dimensions: 41x34x11 mm / 1.2x1x0.6 inches
Weight:  23 gr / 0.8 ounces / 114.8 ct
Origin: Mogok, Myanmar (Burma)

This is a fabulous specimen of terminated Kyanite blades, Staurolite and Quartz mined in Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  The specimen was mounted on a wood stand to allow easy display in a favorable position and to protect the specimen.

Kyanite is a silicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. It's known to be one of the most attractive natural minerals in the world, frequently found with lustrous blue bladed crystals, with the intensity of color varying by location of extraction. Kyanite regularly forms fibrous, radiating crystals, as well as flattened and tabular. Some crystals form with white striations, color bands, and even multi-colored crystals, though typically found with a deep blue streak running down the middle.

Name: Bladed Kyanite, Staurolite and Quartz Crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  103x35x52 mm / 4.0x1.4x2.0 inches (including stand)
Weight:   173 grams / 6.1 Ounces (including stand)
Origin:  Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Large and bright purple amethyst cluster on agate that has been polished on all 4 sides.  This is a self standing specimen that will add beauty to any room.  Super bright and shows large complete crystals.   

Amethyst is believed to enhance spiritual awareness, ward off negative energies, promote balance and relaxation, and improve intuitive and psychic abilities. Amethyst is also thought to enhance mental clarity and focus.

Name: Amethyst Crystal with Polished Agate
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized  
Dimensions:  115x102x67mm / 4.5x4x2.6 inches  
Weight: 1.4 kg / 3.1 lb  
Origin: Mined in Brazil  

The colorful apatite crystals are visible throughout this calcite vein with multiple small crystal being terminated. It has a nice luster and lovely colored hues with apatite in green, greenish blue and rare grey white. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Calcite vein with green, greenish blue and rare grey white Apatite crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 110x73x79 mm / 4.3x2.9x3.1 inches
Weight:  662 Gr / 1 lbs 7 oz
Origin: Eastern Ontario, Canada

Here we have for you a nice looking individual cut fragment of a Sahara Desert NWA unclassified meteorite weighing 102 grams. Its dimensions are 62x52x25mm. This never classified North West Africa stone was found in the Sahara desert around 2000.

It's a good quality individual fragment NWA meteorite specimen. Some weathering shows the meteorite's time spent aging in the desert. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a must have 209 gram polymict impact breccia from the Lockne Crater located approximately 21 km south of the city of Östersund in northern Sweden.  It is amazingly light considering its mass of 132x63x23 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 items 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.

Lockne is a 7.5km-wide impact structure that formed circa 455 Ma when an L-chondritic asteroid impacted mixed sedimentary and crystalline target rocks that were under a shallow epicontinental sea (500m deep) at the time. The feature and its surrounding impactite deposits were covered by Caledonian thrust nappes that also partly folded them.

Erosion has breached much of the overthrust rocks to show the impact site. Impactites include the Loftarstone (graywacke-like arenite with carbonate grains), Lockne Breccia (polymictic but mostly limestone clasts), Resurge deposits, Ynntjämen Breccia (monomictic, matrix-supported with calcareous-argillaceous matrix) and the Tandsbyn Breccia (monomictic crystalline ejecta).  This crater has been suggested to be a doublet with the nearby smaller Målingen Crater, 16 km apart.

This gorgeous large slice displays very well.  It would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a fabulous fresh Ghubara meteorite whole fragment weighing 43 grams and measuring 58x30x15mm. This meteorite was found in Oman, Southern Arabia in 1954 and is classified as an L5 Stony Black Chondrite.

This piece displays extremely well and is a very desirable size showing multiple characteristics of its time spent in space until it came crashing to earth.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

Here we have for you a superb and fresh looking Stony-iron or Mesosiderite Vaca Muerta (Dead Cow) classified meteorite end cut weighing 10.42 grams. Its dimensions are 26x18x10 mm.

This classified meteorite was found in 1861 in the driest desert of the world called the Atacama, in Chile. Mesosiderites are formed on the surface of a parent body as a result of impacts with another body. The impact mixed broken fragments of surface eucrites with iron and olivine from deep within the body. Eucrites are believed to have come from the asteroid Vesta. Analysis has shown, however, that the Vaca Muerta eucrite inclusions are not consistent with other eucrites and possibly originated on a different parent body. Although most have a weathered exterior, they also have lots of metal inside and can be prepared and cut to show this.

This specimen is from the Michael Cottingham Meteorite Collection and is guaranteed to be authentic. This piece displays extremely well and would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.  Comes with a Canagem® specimen card.

This is a great looking end cut Gao-Guenie H5 classified meteorite weighing 18.98 grams. Its dimensions are 35x27x21 mm and it has a crusted edge. 

This H5 classified meteorite was observed falling at about 17:00 March 5, 1960 near the village of Gao in Africa. There is no total known weight recorded for this meteorite.

Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with two specimen cards.

Apophyllite is a mineral known for its distinctive crystal formations, often occurring in clusters with a unique beauty.  Its crystals are usually colorless or white, allowing them to be transparent or translucent. Although, some specimens may exhibit a greenish, yellowish, or pinkish tint due to the presence of impurities.

Apophyllite is believed to promote self-reflection and authentic self-expression, helping to reduce stress, release mental blockages, and overcome anxiety by revealing truth and facilitating the release of suppressed emotions.

Name: Apophyllite on Druse
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:   158x95x89 mm / 6.25x3.75x3.5 inches
Weight: 893 Grams / 1 lbs 15 Ounces
Origin: Mined in Jalgaon, India

This is a superb looking fragment of the Columbus classified meteorite weighing 4.57 grams. Its dimensions are 18x15x10 mm. This rare H5 classified meteorite was found in Luna County, New Mexico USA in 1997. The total weight of the stones recovered is recorded as a minuscule 165 grams. 

Here's what the finder, Michael Cottingham told us: "This is the Meteorite that started it all for me! My wife and I were out looking for meteorites on a dry lake bed in Southern New Mexico and I found one! This was a new meteorite discovery and it only took me 300 hours of searching to find my First One!  The COLUMBUS Meteorite was found by me in January of 1997. It was Classified by A. Rubin at UCLA as a H5 Chondrite. It was found near Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico and the Total Known Weight is ONLY 184 grams. Very Rare indeed."

This piece is part of America's history and is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from that location. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Michael Cottingham Meteorites and a Canagem Collection specimen cards.