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This is a great 43.6 gram Impact Melt Breccia from the Gardnos Crater in Norway.  It is amazingly light considering its mass of 54x43x9mm. 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 fabulous specimen of bladed kyanite and quartz mined in Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Kyanite is 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.

Blue kyanite is often associated with clarity, communication, and energy alignment. Some believe it helps with self-expression and speaking one’s truth, making it a popular stone for those who want to improve communication or deepen their intuition.

Name: Bladed Kyanite Crystal
Specimen Size: Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  95x40x36 mm / 3.7x1.6x1.4 inches
Weight:   150 grams / 5.2 Ounces
Origin:  Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Product Type: Citrine (Madeira)
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.3ct
Size: 9x7mm
Shape: Octagon Cut
Color: Golden Yellow
Clarity:  Clean to the Eye
Origin:  Brazil

Product Type: Natural Quartz Cats Eye
Approx Weight (per piece):  1.1ct
Size:  8.5x6.7mm
Shape: Oval Cabochon 
Color: Green
Clarity: Opaque
Origin: Brazil 
Treatment:  Untreated

Quartz Cats Eye is a type of gemstone that exhibits an optical phenomenon called chatoyancy, which  creates a luminous band resembling a cat's eye. It is caused by fibrous inclusions within the quartz that reflect light in a concentrated manner. The gemstone comes in various colors, with golden yellow to brown being the most common.

Product Type:  Chrome Diopside Cats Eye Gemstone
Approx Weight (per piece):  2.15ct
Size:  8x6.6mm
Shape:  Oval Cabochon
Color: Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin:  Russia
Treatment:  None

Product Type: Kyanite
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.65ct
Size:  7.7x5.5mm
Shape: Oval Cabochon
Color: Royal Blue 
Clarity: Fine Crystal
Origin: Nepal

Product Type: Tsavorite (8 piece lot)
Approx Weight (per lot): 1.05tcw
Size:  3.3x1.8 to 4.0x2.5mm
Shape: Baguette Cut
Color: Rich Emerald Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa
Treatment: None

Tsavorite is a variety of the garnet family, specifically a green grossular garnet. Its color ranges from a vivid green to an intense greenish-blue.  Tsavorite was first discovered in the 1960s in Tanzania and was later found in Kenya.  Due to its scarcity, it is considered one of the rarest and most valuable garnets.

Tsavorite is relatively durable with a hardness of 7 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale. This makes it suitable for various types of jewelry, though care should be taken to avoid exposure to extreme heat or harsh chemicals.

Tsavorite is associated with prosperity, abundance, and vitality. Some consider it a stone of growth and regeneration, both in the physical and spiritual sense.

Product Type: Sapphire
Approx Weight (per piece): 0.8ct
Size: 5.7x4.7mm
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Purple
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa

Product Name: Kunzite
Approx Weight (per piece): 8.6ct
Size:  11.6x10.9x9.8mm
Shape: Oval Cut 
Color: Pink
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Afghanistan
Treatment: None

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: 43x33x26 mm / 1.7x1.3x1.0 inches  
Weight:  41.69 Grams / 1.5 Ounces  
Origin:  Mined in Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

This is a beautiful green beryl emerald from Brazil. Naturally occurring beryl tends to form hexagonal crystals that can reach several meters in size if given the right conditions. Completely pure beryl will be transparent and colorless, while mineral impurities frequently tint the crystals color in most specimens.

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

Name: Beryl var. Emerald Crystal
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 82x53x63 mm / 3.2x2.1x2.5 inches
Weight:  205 Grams / 7.2 ounces
Origin: Brazil

This is a lustrous diopside crystal with many emerald-green chrome-bearing grossular crystals.  It was found in Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada, which is famous for excellent specimens of diopside, green grossular (chrome-bearing), orange grossular and millerite.

This is a very showy specimen that will display very well within your collection.

Name: Diopside with Grossular Crystal Cluster
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 38x24x13 mm / 1.5x0.9x0.5 inches
Weight:   13.66 grams / 0.5 Ounces
Origin: Mined at Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada