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This is a great looking laboratory vial of the Ozona H6 Chondrite classified meteorite. The specimen weighs 0.158 grams. This specimen is from the Martin Horejsi Collection.

The Ozona meteorite was discovered on the W. Payen Ranch in Crockett County, Texas, United States, in 1929. However, it was not recognized as a meteorite until 1939. Many fragments of this H6 Stone Chondrite were recovered, the largest of which weighed 110 lbs.

Ozona is a veined H6 chondrite. This offering is for Ozona fragments and dust in a capsule. Also included is the plastic laboratory vial from which this material originally came.  Don't miss your chance to add this rarely offered location to your collection.

The specimen comes with a Martin Horejsi Collection and a Canagem Collection specimen card.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

This is an incredible green/yellow, fluorapatite crystal from Cerro del Mercado (Iron Mountain) in Durango, Mexico. It is completely free of the matrix and has a relatively perfect termination. The catalog number 2246 of this phantom specimen came from the Earl Calvert Collection.

At Cerro de Mercado, numerous veins containing gemmy, lemon-yellow to greenish fluorapatite crystals cut through the hematite massif. These crystals have been collected for decades from the area's iron mines, but they have become much more scarce with recent mechanization of the mining operations.

The bright, lustrous apatite crystals form hexagonal shapes with off-center terminations. They are found in vugs, often associated with quartz and calcite. Most crystals are around an inch in length, though larger crystals up to about 4 inches long have been found.

Name:  Fluorapatite Crystal
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized  
Dimensions:   Specimen 22x7x6mm / 0.9x0.3x0.2 inches
                        Box 33x33 mm / 1.3x1.3 inches
Weight:  Specimen 2.23 grams
Origin: Mined in Cerro del Mercado, Durango, Mexico

Product Type: Rhodolite Garnet
Approx Weight (per Lot): 2.5tcw 
Size: 3.7mm
Shape: Square Cut
Color: Reddish Purple
Clarity:  Clean to the eye
Origin: Tanzania
Treatment:  None

These are the exact gemstones that you will receive.

Product Type: Onyx
Approx Weight (per lot): 3.8tcwct 
Size: 7.6x5.6 - 8x6mm 
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Green 
Clarity: Opaque
Origin: Brazil

These are the exact stones that you will receive.

Product Type: Sapphire
Approx Weight (per piece): 0.53ct
Size: 5x4mm 
Shape: Octagon Cut 
Color: Golden Yellow
Clarity:  Clean
Origin:  Africa

Product Type: Tourmaline
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.1ct
Size: 6x4.5mm
Shape: Baguette Cut
Color: Dark Neon Green
Clarity: VSI (Very Slightly Included)
Origin: Africa

Product Type: Tourmaline
Approx Weight (per lot): 3.0tcw 
Size: 3.7-4x5.7mm 
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Green 
Clarity: Included
Origin: Africa

These stones pictured are the exact lot that you will receive.

Product Type:  Iolite
Approx Weight (per lot):  0.13tcw
Size:  1.3mm
Shape:  Round Cut  
Color:  Blue Purple
Clarity:  VSI (Very Slightly Included)
Origin:  Madagascar

This is a 11 piece lot of natural round cut Iolite gemstones.  The lot is 0.13tcw and gemstones are 1.3mm.  These blue-purple Iolites are from Madagascar and have a clarity rating of VSI (Very Slightly Included).   The stones pictured are the exact lot that you will receive.

This is a great 29.8 gram Impact Melt Breccia from the Gardnos Crater in Norway.  It is amazingly light considering its mass of 65x34x9mm. 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.

This impactite was formed between 385 and 900 million years ago in Precambrian time when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a ~5 kilometers wide crater locally known as the Hallingdal Impact Crater. 

Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a rare and fantastic 9 gram Libyan Desert Glass from Kuffra, Libya, with dimensions of 28x21x18 mm.  Although its exact origin is still debated, the leading theory suggests it was formed by a high-energy event, such as a meteoric impact or airburst, that melted the desert sand directly where it lay, without being ejected into the atmosphere and re-entering. This results in different physical characteristics compared to tektites.

Libyan Desert Glass is found specifically in the Great Sand Sea of the Eastern Sahara, within a more localized area spanning parts of western Egypt and eastern Libya.  Characterized by its yellow to greenish-yellow color, it lacks the aerodynamic shapes of tektites and often appears as irregularly shaped pieces. It is almost pure silica (around 98%) with very few impurities. Throughout history, it has been regarded as a mystical and powerful material, sometimes used in talismans and amulets.

This piece displays extremely well and is a quality translucent specimen. It has an aesthetic shape with a beautiful wind eroded body from the years spent in the Desert. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.