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Rutile from Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil is a particularly good locality for collector-quality rutile. It is quite different in appearance from the familiar golden rutile needles included in quartz.

Diamantina rutile is commonly found as well-developed, elongated tetragonal crystals with very strong luster. The colour can range from reddish-brown to a very dark wine-red or blood-red, sometimes appearing almost black until the crystal is placed in strong transmitted light. This deep red colour is a characteristic noted specifically for rutile from the Diamantina area and has been associated with relatively higher iron content

Name: Rutile
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 20x6x4 mm (Box 33x33 mm / 1.4x1.3x1.3 Inches)
Weight:  11.4 Grams / 0.4 Ounces  (including Box)
Origin:  Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 

This Diopside specimen, collected in 2002, is from the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos (now Val-des-Sources), Québec, which is a classic Canadian mineral locality. The crystals are typically green to pale green, colorless or grayish-green, and can be quite transparent and glassy. They commonly occur as slender prismatic or very flat, blade-like crystals, sometimes with strong vertical striations. Some of the Jeffrey Mine diopside is particularly attractive because the crystals are transparent and sharply formed. 

Diopside is especially interesting at Jeffrey Mine because it occurs with other well-known minerals from the locality, particularly grossular garnet, vesuvianite, prehnite and wollastonite. Diopside specimens from the mine are now increasingly difficult to obtain, since the Jeffrey Quarry is closed.

Name: Diopside 
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 27x7x5 mm / 1.1x0.3x0.2 inches
Weight:   2.8 grams / 0.1 Ounces
Origin: Mined at Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

This is a fine part slice specimen of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 2859 meteorite found in the Sahara Desert in 2004. This nice collectible H4 chondrite consists of a brecciated matrix with light and dark clasts and is characterized by abundant chondrules and metal flakes.  The total Mass is registered at 920 grams from a single stone.  The Shock stage is recorded at 2 and the Weathering grade is also a 2.  This is a nice piece weighing 10.6 grams with dimensions of 30x23x5 mm.

This piece displays very well and would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This specimen of violet manganoan Vesuvianite was collected in the now closed Jeffery Mine, Asbestos (now Val-des-Sources), Québec, Canada. This thumbnail specimen features a cluster of lustrous, intergrown Vesuvianite crystals displaying attractive shades of pink, purple and warm salmon-orange. Fine striations are visible on many of the crystal faces, and the specimen has good colour and visual interest from both sides. 

The Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, is a classic Canadian locality known for producing Vesuvianite in a remarkable range of colours, including pink, purple, green and multicoloured crystals. Now closed, the mine remains an important source of collectible mineral specimens. This is an attractive example of the colourful Vesuvianite from this well-known locality.  A great addition to any collection!

Name: Vesuvianite Crystal 
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions: 22x15x13 mm / 0.9x0.6x0.5 inches 
Weight: 3.16 grams /  0.1 ounces
Origin: Mined in Jeffery Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada

Product Type: Topaz - 16 Piece Lot
Approx Weight (per Lot):  6.71ct
Size:  3.5x1.7mm - 7x5mm
Shape: Mixed
Color:  Various shades of blue and white
Clarity: Clean to the Eye
Origin:  Africa (with the exception of the large blue octagon which is from Brazil)

This is the exact lot of Topaz gemstones you will receive.

Product Type: Rhodolite Garnet - 8 Piece Lot
Approx Weight (per lot): 2.63tcw
Size: 4.7x2.7 - 5.7x3.9mm 
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Reddish Purple
Clarity:  Clean to the eye
Origin: Tanzania
Treatment: None

This is the exact lot of Rhodolite garnets you will receive.

This is a crusted slice of the Pierceville classified meteorite .  It weighs 2.62 grams and measures 21x17x2mm.  This Iron (IIIAB) classified meteorite was found in Pierceville, Kansas, USA in 1917. Approximately 100kg of this material have been recovered.

This specimen is a prized collectible from Kansas.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.  Will come with a Canagem specimen card.

Green tourmaline from the Santa Rosa Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is attractive collector material known for its rich green colour, lustrous crystal faces and well-defined, strongly striated crystals. The Santa Rosa Mine is a well-known Brazilian tourmaline locality and has produced a variety of tourmaline compositions and colours. This tourmaline specimen has not been treated in any way, it is 100% natural.

It is believed that Tourmaline can be used to repel negativity.  It is said to enhance one's physical wellbeing by providing an increase in physical vitality, emotional stability, and intellectual acuity. 

Product Type: Tourmaline 
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions:  24.8x10x8mm
Weight:  4.3 grams | 22 ct 
Origin: Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Russia is the classic locality for uvarovite, and the Saranovskii Mine in the Middle Urals is its type locality.  Uvarovite's most desirable colour is a rich emerald or chrome green, often with a very attractive sparkling appearance. Unlike many garnets, however, uvarovite almost never occurs as large individual crystals. It is usually found as tiny, sharply formed crystals covering the surface of a chromite matrix, producing what mineral collectors call a uvarovite druse.

Name:  Uvarovite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized  
Dimensions:  51x30x6 mm / 2.0x1.2x0.2 inches 
Weight:  24.3 grams / 0.8 ounces
Origin: Mined in Saranovskii Mine, Ural Mountains, Russia

This is a collect of beautiful, thumbnail sized mineral specimens.  These rare, premium specimens will be protected in individual display boxes that measure 28x28x21 mm (1x1x7/8 inches).

Mined in various locations as follows: (thumbnail size)

• Cuprite - Daye Mine, Hubei Prov. China
• Autunite - Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington USA
• Scholzite - Reaphook Hill Deposit, Blinman, S. Australia
• Smithite Realgar - Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland