Canada - The Collection

Product Type: Spectrolite (Labradorite var.)

Approx Weight (per piece):  61.8 grams / 2.2 ounces

Size:  72x34x17mm / 2.8 x 1.3 x .7 inches

Shape: Freeform slab

Color: Fine Gray with Rainbow Luster

Clarity: Opaque

Origin:  Marathon Ontario Canada

A variety of labradorite showing strong labradorescence due to very fine exsolution of K-feldspar.

This is a beautiful piece of eudialyte from Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec. It features raspberry red eudialyte with black crystals of Rare Earth Element (REE) bearing Pyroxene, white feldspar and a little Mossandrite (a rare species) from the remote Kippawa mine.  Great addition to any collection.

Name: Agrellite and Eudialyte
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized 
Dimensions: 96x78x38 mm - 3.8x3.1x1.5 inches
Weight: 294.51 grams - 10.4 oz
Origin: Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, western Québec, Canada

Name: Agrellite and Eudialyte (Polished on One side)

Dimensions: 83x36x28 mm - 3 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches

Weight: 133.24 grams - 4.7 oz

Origin: Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

This is a beautiful piece of agrellite and eudialyte from Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec. It features raspberry red eudialyte on greenish white agrellite and black aegirine on this rarely available combination of material.

Name: Augite in Calcite

Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized

Dimensions: 119x59x71 mm / 4.7x2.3x2.8 inches

Weight: 576 Grams /  1 lb 4 ounces

Origin: Yates mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec

This is a piece of a calcite that includes many little diopside crystals from Western Quebec region.  The Augite crystals are shiny and black with an octagonal habit.

Beautiful specimen of well crystallized black augite crystals covering orange calcite matrix. Though the augite crystals have an irregular surfaces, typical of this occurrence, some of the crystals are terminated and are mostly clean.  Make this a special specimen in your collection. 

Name: Molybdenite Vein in Feldspar

Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized

Dimensions: 118x84x64 mm / 4.6x3.3x2.5 inches

Weight: 694 Grams / 1 lb 8.5 ounces

Origin: Mined in Western Ontario

This is a section of a vein that has Molybdenite in feldspar from Western Ontario. This specimen also features a neat little pocket filled with some nice microcrystal species.  

Molybdenite, molybdenum sulfide, is the major ore mineral of molybdenum. It was rarely found as crystals, but is commonly found as foliated masses in Ontario. This means the mineral forms folia or layers, like the mineral mica. It is metallic gray, has a greasy feel, and is very soft at only 1 on Mohs' hardness scale. Its softness, metallic luster and gray color led scientists to mistakenly believe it was a lead mineral. Geologically, molybdenite forms in high-temperature environments such as in igneous rocks. Some molybdenite forms when igneous bodies contact rock and metamorphose, or change, the rock. This is called contact metamorphism

 Name: Sea Agate Rough

Dimensions: 72x58x44 mm - 2.8x2.3x1.7 inches

Weight: 204 grams - 7.2 oz

Origin: Nova Scotia, Canada

This is a beautiful piece of colored sea agate from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. It features Lavender, white and red colors and even a couple of druse pockets making it a quality lapidary material.

This is a quality lapidary material with a nicely contrasted piece of dark blue sodalite var. hackmanite and white microcline from the famous Mont-Saint-Hilaire in Quebec. It is highly florescent orange under Longwave UltraViolet (LUV) Light. 

Sodalite is usually found in the massive form, rather than crystals. Its name is derived from its sodium content. This stone is frequently found with lapis lazuli, but contains little or no golden pyrite specks in it as lapis does. It may, however, contain patches or streaks of white calcite. Although some people think that sodalite resembles lapis in some ways, it is entirely different in chemical composition and has more of a navy blue coloring. Would be a quality lapidary material or a beautiful addition to any new or existing rock collection.

Name: Sodalite var. Hackmanite and Microcline
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 127x110x94 mm / 5x4.3x3.7 inches
Weight: 900 grams / 1 lb 15.7 oz
Origin: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

Name: Red Amethyst

Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized

Dimensions: 155X127X105 mm / 6.1x5x4.1 inches

Weight: 2.477 kg /  5 lbs 7.4 ounces

Origin: Mined in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

This is an amazing Red Amethyst Crystal Cluster from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This is a good quality cluster and the Burgundy Red is due to hematite inclusions which is unique to this location. Good pieces from Thunder Bay are recognized the world over with collectors due to their uniqueness and this one is great!  Would be a great addition to any new or existing collection.

Product Type: Sodalite
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.20ct
Size: 8x6mm
Shape: Oval Cabochon
Color: Mottled Navy Blue
Clarity: Opaque
Origin: Canada

Name: Red Amethyst

Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized

Dimensions: 112X65X63 mm / 4.4x2.6x2.5 inches

Weight: 585 Grams /  1 lb 4.6 ounces

Origin: Mined in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

This is an amazing Red Amethyst Crystal Cluster from Thunder Bay, Ontario,Canada. This is a high quality cluster and the Burgundy Red is due to hematite inclusions which is unique to this location. Good pieces from Thunder Bay are recognized the world over with collectors due to their uniqueness and this one is great!  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.