Minerals

Rhodochrosite is a beautiful pink to red mineral that is typically found in veins associated with silver, copper, lead, and zinc ores. Peru is one of the most famous sources of rhodochrosite, and the country is known for producing some of the most vibrant and high-quality specimens of this mineral.

These tumbled rhodochrosite would make a beautiful addition to a mineral collection. 

Rhodochrosite is believed to have healing properties, particularly related to the heart and emotional healing. It is said to promote love, compassion, and self-awareness, and to help release emotional trauma and negative patterns. It is also thought to be a stone of creativity, helping to stimulate and enhance artistic expression.

Product Type:  Rhodocrosite
Approx Weight (per lot):  28.5-71.4 grams
Shape: Tumbled
Color: Pink
Clarity: Opaque
Origin: Peru

Rhodochrosite is a beautiful pink to red mineral that is typically found in veins associated with silver, copper, lead, and zinc ores. Peru is one of the most famous sources of rhodochrosite, and the country is known for producing some of the most vibrant and high-quality specimens of this mineral.

These tumbled rhodochrosite would make a beautiful addition to a mineral collection.  They are also perfectly sized for jewelry-making.

Rhodochrosite is believed to have healing properties, particularly related to the heart and emotional healing. It is said to promote love, compassion, and self-awareness, and to help release emotional trauma and negative patterns. It is also thought to be a stone of creativity, helping to stimulate and enhance artistic expression.

Product Type:  Rhodocrosite
Approx Weight (per lot):  6.0 - 17.7 grams
Origin: Peru

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.

These specimens are remarkable for their relatively sharp marcasite crystal forms in aesthetic crystal clusters. They are in excellent condition.  This collector's specimen is unique, of great quality and ready for display.

Name: Goethite After Marcasite Pseudomorph
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized Specimen
Dimensions:  36x28x24  mm / 1.3x1.2x1.0 inches
Weight:  17.9 grams / 0.6 ounces
Origin: Found in White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

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.

These specimens are remarkable for their relatively sharp marcasite crystal forms in aesthetic crystal clusters. They are in excellent condition.  This collector's specimen is unique, of great quality and ready for display.

Name: Goethite After Marcasite Pseudomorph
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized Specimen
Dimensions:  31x28x28  mm / 1.2x1.1x1.1 inches
Weight: 30.2 grams / 1.1 ounces
Origin: Found in White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

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.

These specimens are remarkable for their relatively sharp marcasite crystal forms in aesthetic crystal clusters. They are in excellent condition.  This collector's specimen is unique, of great quality and ready for display.

Name: Goethite After Marcasite Pseudomorph
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized Specimen
Dimensions:  32x31x26  mm / 1.3x1.2x1.0 inches
Weight: 29 grams / 1 ounces
Origin: Found in White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

Wolframite is the principal and primary ore mineral of tungsten, and commonly associated with the tin ore in and around granite country rocks. Wolframite is an iron manganese tungsten oxide mineral.

Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name:  Wolframite Cluster
Specimen Size:   Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 46x32x38 mm / 1.8x1.3x1.5 inches
Weight: 75.3 Grams / 2.6 Ounces
Origin: Yaogangxian, Hunan Province, China

This is a beautiful cluster of clear quartz crystals on a carpet of green pistacite, also known as epidote. The epidote underneath are clearly visible through the quartz. 

Pistacite is a historical term once commonly used to describe a green variety of epidote, named for its pistachio-like color. While the term is still recognized among collectors and in older literature, it has largely been replaced in modern mineralogy by the more general name green epidote.

Pistacite (green epidote) is often associated with growth, release, and emotional healing. Some believe it helps clear negative energy and encourages letting go of patterns or emotions that no longer serve you. It’s thought to support personal transformation by boosting a sense of hope and forward movement, especially during times of change or recovery.

This large specimen would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Clinozoisite var. Pistacite and Quartz Cluster
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 85x70x57 mm / 3.3x2.7x2.2  inches
Weight: 326.4 Grams / 11.5 ounces
Origin: Mined in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals.  Because lepidolite is a lithium-bearing mica, it is often wrongly assumed that lithium is what causes the pink hues that are so characteristic of this mineral. Instead, it is trace amounts of manganese that cause the pink, purple, and red colors.  The most notable and certainly the most studied of these deposits is the Brown Derby #1 Pegmatite, located in the Ohio City/Quartz Creek District, approximately 18 miles northeast of Gunnison in the high mountains of Central Colorado.

This top specimen is in very good condition. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Lepidolite on Quartz Crystal Cluster
Specimen Size:   Large Cabinet Sized
Dimensions:   83x72x62 mm / 3.3x2.8x2.4 inches
Weight:  503 Grams / 1 lb 1 oz
Origin: Mined in Brown Derby Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

This is from Tanco mine, a beautiful combination of a nicely formed and colorless(white) Spodumene on top of Quartz matrix.  This fabulous specimen is fluorescent under UV light.

Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish Triphane, purplish or lilac kunzite, yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, prismatic crystals, often of great size with single crystals of up to 14.3 m (47 ft) in size being reported.

Kunzite is the best-known variety of the mineral spodumene.  Kunzite gets its delicate color from trace amounts of manganese.

Product Type: Spodumene on Quartz Crystal
Specimen Size:   Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:   69x54x63mm / 2.7x2.1x2.5 inches
Weight: 236 Grams / 8.3  ounces 
Origin: Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada

Mesolite is a fragile member of the zeolite group and forms almost exclusively in delicate, needle-like crystal habits.  From the Greek for meso = middle and lithos = stone, for its chemical composition is between that of natrolite and scolecite.  This is a very nice specimen consisting of a large vug in basalt completely covered by white needle.

This specimen will come protected in its specimen display box with a Canagem Specimen Mineral Card.

Name: Mesolite Crystal
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  49x33 mm  / 1.9x1.3 inches
Weight:  44.2 Grams / 1.6 Ounces
Origin: Mined in Burnt Cabin Creek, Spray, Wheeler Co., Oregon, USA