Canada - The Collection

This is a lovely pink Stilbite specimen from Parsboro, Cape d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was collected in 2002 and is a miniature size group of well terminated crystals with nice sharp edges. 

Stilbite is a zeolite mineral appreciated for its delicate crystal formations and pastel hues, ranging from colorless to white, yellow, pink, and peach.  It forms distinctive tabular crystals with a bowtie or butterfly shape and exhibits a vitreous to pearly luster. Commonly found in cavities in volcanic rocks, stilbite is often associated with other zeolite minerals. 

Stilbite is believed to have soothing and spiritually uplifting qualities, often associated with promoting emotional healing, inner peace, and mental clarity. Many consider it helpful for enhancing spiritual connection, deepening meditation, and supporting dream recall or lucid dreaming. Often linked to the heart chakra, it is thought to encourage love, compassion, and the release of emotional wounds. Stilbite may assist in navigating transitions, amplifying the energy of other crystals, and fostering a calming environment by shifting negative energy into positive vibrations.

Name: Stilbite Crystals
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  54x39x23 mm / 2.1x1.5x0.9 inches
Weight:  43.58 gr / 1.5 oz
Details: Mined in Cape D'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada

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's a beautiful cluster of glassy green diopside crystals from Otter Lake, Québec. The specimen is made up of about six inter grown diopside crystals with some small attached biotite mica crystals. The largest diopside is 2.5cm across x 3.5cm. This is a floater specimen and all crystals are complete. The specimen is in excellent condition. The diopside crystals are prismatic habit with complex terminations.  It has a nice luster and lovely green color. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Green Diopside crystal
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 32x34x32 mm / 1.2x1.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight: 31 Grams / 1.1 oz
Origin: Famous Western Québec Location, Otter Lake area, Canada

Here's a beautiful 5 sided Diopside crystal from the Otter Lake area, Quebec, Canada. The diopside crystals are prismatic habit with complex terminations.  It has a nice luster and lovely green color. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Green Diopside Crystal
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions:  16x13x13 mm / 0.6x0.5x0.5 inches
Weight: 6.18 Grams / 0.2 oz
Origin: Famous Western Quebec Location, Otter Lake area, Canada

This is a specimen of Cyrtolite crystal, better known as Zircon, in matrix mined at Saranac Mine, Tory Hill, Ontario. There are many sharp well formed reddish brown cyrtolite crystals in a matrix of quartz.

Name: Cyrtolite (Zircon) Crystals on Quartz Matrix
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 49x40x19 mm / 1.9x1.6x0.7 inches
Weight:  38.10 Grams / 1.3 Ounces
Origin: Mined in Saranac Mine, Tory Hill, Ontario 

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 beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name:  Sodalite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized  
Dimensions:  56x51x39 mm / 2.2x2.0x1.5 inches  
Weight:  104 Grams / 3.7 Ounces  
Origin:  Mined in Princess Sodalite Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

This is an incredible fragment of the Abee meteorite (MB 8) that fell in Alberta, Canada at 11:05 p.m. on June 9th 1952.  It took five days to find it in a wheat field belonging to Mr Harry Buryn.  It is located in the community of Abee, Alberta, Canada in Thorhild County, along the Canadian National Railway and Highway 63, 16 km north of Thorhild and 49 km from Boyle.

This rare and highly collectable EH4 Enstatite chondrite is 1 of only 21 approved meteorites classified as such, 1 of 3 being an observed fall and only 1 of 5 not found in Antarctica. The total Mass is registered at 107 Kilograms in one stone recovered from a 6 ft (1.8 m) deep crater.  This is a great piece at 124 milligrams.

This hard to acquire piece is a high quality specimen that would make an amazing addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Dr. Martin Horejsi Collection of Meteorites and a Canagem Collection specimen cards and is displayed and protected by a gem jar.

Here's a sharp, beautiful, terminated green Apatite crystal that was collected from the Bank Holiday Pocket at Bear Lake Diggings near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. The apatite from Bear Lake is world famous for classic crystal shape and attractive earthy green coloration. This specimen is a great example of both.

This difficult to acquire specimen is in good condition. Make this a special specimen in your collection.

Name: Apatite
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  124x67x57 mm / 4.9x2.6x2.2 inches
Weight:  975 Grams /   2 Lbs 2 oz
Origin: Bear Lake Diggins, Monmouth Township, Ontario, Canada

Here's a sharp, beautiful, terminated green Apatite crystal that was collected from the Bank Holiday Pocket at Bear Lake Diggings near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. The apatite from Bear Lake is world famous for classic crystal shape and attractive earthy green coloration. This specimen is a great example of both.

This difficult to acquire specimen is in good condition. Make this a special specimen in your collection.

Name: Apatite
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  124x73x68 mm / 4.9x2.9x2.7 inches
Weight:  1.87 Kg /   2 Lbs 6 Oz
Origin: Bear Lake Diggins, Monmouth Township, Ontario, Canada

Here's a beautiful 6 sided Fluorapatite crystal from the Otter Lake Diggings, Yates Mine in Quebec, Canada. The apatite from Otter Lake is world famous for classic crystal shape and sharp crystals.  It has a nice luster and lovely colored hues. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Red/Green Fluorapatite crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 88x73x55 mm / 3.5x2.9x2.2 inches
Weight: 584 Grams / 1 Lb 4 oz
Origin: Yates Mine, the famous Western Quebec Location Otter Lake area, Canada

This specimen of Vesuvianite was collected in the now closed Jeffery Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. The specimen is made up of a combination of green and mauve vesuvianite crystals. It is in good condition. A great addition to any collection!

Vesuvianite was first discovered on Mount Vesuvius in Italy in the 18th century, hence its name. It typically occurs as a green, brown, yellow, or blue-green crystal, and is often found in metamorphic and igneous rocks. The alternate name, Idocrase, is from the Greek eidos “form”, and krasis “mixture”, because Vesuvianite often appears to combine the crystal forms of other minerals. It is used as a gemstone.

Name: Vesuvianite Crystal 
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 30x20x18 mm /  1.2x0.8x0.7 inches
Weight: 16.8 grams / 0.6 ounces
Origin: Mined in Jeffery Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

Tory Hill is a small village in Ontario, Canada that is known for its Apatite Crystals. Apatite is a mineral that is commonly found in igneous rocks and has a variety of colors including green, blue, yellow, and brown. The apatite crystals from Tory Hill are known for their green color and transparency. 

Apatite is believed to possess healing properties and is associated with creativity, self-expression, and personal growth. It is thought to enhance communication skills, stimulate intellect, and promote clarity of thought.

It is a glassy green color; has all crystal faces and one termination. It is in good condition with some minor chipping.  This is a nice size specimen that will fit nicely into your collection.

Name: Apatite Crystals
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 114x49x49 mm / 4.5x1.9x1.9 inches
Weight:  471 Grams / 16.6 Ounces
Origin: Mined in Tory Hill, Ontario

This is a beautiful black Biotite crystal book from the Calcite Vein-Dikes of the Grenville Geological Province Ontario, Canada. This specimen is a great example of both the classic crystal shape and attractive dark coloration. 

Biotite is rarely considered a valuable mineral specimen, but it can accompany other minerals and compliment them. In Bancroft, Ontario, Biotite forms large crystals with green apatite and hornblende. Single large plates or "books" of biotite can grow to considerable size and can make impressive mineral specimens. 

Stand not included.

Name:  Biotite Mica  
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized  
Dimensions:  141x72x2 mm / 5.5x2.8x0.08 inches  
Weight:  46.8 Grams / 1.6 Ounces  
Origin:  Ontario, Canada  

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 beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name:  Sodalite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized  
Dimensions:  45x41x42 mm / 1.8x1.6x1.6 inches  
Weight:  70.9 Grams / 2.5 Ounces  
Origin:  Mined in Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

This is a large Hornblende crystal from Tory Hill, Ontario.  The specimen has all crystal faces and terminations. It is a lustrous black color and in very good condition. There is also minor apatite on some of the surfaces. The specimen is in excellent condition.

Product Name: Hornblende Crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet Sized
Dimensions:   106x79x76 mm / 4.2x3.1x3.0 inches
Weight:  873 Kg /  1 Lbs 15 Ounces
Origin: Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada