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Product Type: Citrine (Madeira)
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.7ct 
Size: 10x8mm 
Shape: Octagon Cut
Color: Golden Yellow 
Clarity:  Clean
Origin:   Brazil

This is a fantastic crusted 3.81 grams NWA (Northwest Africa) 869 L3-6 classified meteorite Individual found by Nomads in the Sahara Desert. The dimensions of the specimen are 14x14x10 mm.

NWA 869 classified meteorites can still be interesting and this one is for sure perfectly shaped to catch your attention. It displays a superb crust on most of its surface.  Most samples are individual meteorites but some fragments (mostly >1 kg) also occur. In most cases the fusion crust has been polished or ablated by wind erosion. Many samples are more severely affected and show faces with deep wind erosion features. Fracture faces, formed by ground collision, show a typical gray-green color and sometimes visible brecciation (light and/or dark clasts).

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

This is a must have 27.4 gram Impact Melt Rock from the Stac Fada Member Impact Structure, NW Scotland. It measures 66x37x5 mm.  Although not a meteorite, impactites are directly linked to them and their impacts and are probably going to be one of the rarest collection items 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 beautiful Impact melt rock comes from the Stac Fada impact structure in Scotland. The structure has an estimated age of about 1.2Ga (1,200 Ma). The Stac Fada Member of the Precambrian Stoer Group in Scotland has previously been described as volcanic in origin. However, shocked quartz and biotite provide evidence for high-pressure shock metamorphism, while chromium isotope values and elevated abundances of platinum group metals and siderophile elements indicate addition of meteoritic material. Thus, the unit is reinterpreted as having an impact origin.

This gorgeous slice displays very well.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with two a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a superb looking part slice of Sahara Desert NWA 2229 meteorite.  It weighs 1.8 grams and measures 16x16x3 mm. Although still considered unclassified, this meteorite was given the provisional class of R3.8 Rumurutiite. 

This is a great specimen with many multicolored chondrules and CAIs.  It's a Dean Bessey meteorite but unfortunately many of his finds were never fully submitted for analysis.  It is a shame for this particular specimen, as it is just spectacular.

This piece displays extremely well with its professionally finished cut face. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a superb looking part slice of Sahara Desert NWA 2663 meteorite.  It weighs 5.1 grams and measures 28x24x3 mm. Although still considered unclassified, this meteorite was given the provisional class of CO3.1. 

This is a great specimen with many multicolored chondrules and CAIs.  It's a Ted Bunch meteorite but unfortunately this find was never fully submitted for analysis.  It is a shame for this particular specimen, as it is just special.

This piece displays extremely well with its professionally finished cut face. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

Cubanite is a rare copper-iron sulfide mineral prized by collectors for its distinctive brassy-yellow metallic luster and geometric crystal forms. This exceptional specimen originates from the now-closed Henderson No. 2 Mine in Chibougamau, Québec—a historically significant locality that produced some of the finest cubanite crystals in North America.

At 6.27 grams, this piece represents a substantial and well-formed example of the species. The mine's closure adds to the collectability and scarcity of material from this source. 

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

Name: Cubanite on Matrix
Specimen Size:  Thumbnail-Sized
Dimensions:  28x16x8 mm / 1.1x0.6x0.3 inches
Weight: 6.27 Grams / 0.2 oz
Origin: Mined in Henderson No. 2 mine, Chibougamou, Québec, Canada

The NWA 267 meteorite fragment offered here is in as found condition.  It weighs 6.03 grams, with dimensions of 24x19x14mm.  The meteorite will come with two specimen description cards including a signed "The Mark Bostick Collection" card.

This meteorite was once a pile of weathered unclassified meteorite fragments brought to the 2000 Denver show by a Moroccan fossil dealer. These fragments, 73.9 kg. worth, where purchased by Canadian meteorite dealer Dean Bessey, who was told the following on the meteorites: "A nomad found an area with a lot of unusual strange stones near the Morocco/Algeria border. He brought one to a fossil dealer and asked: "I hear that you will pay money for stones like this". After shaking his head in disbelief at a positive response, the nomad gathered up all his camels, wives and children and brought them into the desert to search over his personal strewn field." Or at least that is how the story goes.

Many thousands of stones, 73.9 kilograms, were recovered, most of these fragments under 20 grams. Then 356 grams and a thin section of the meteorite was donated to the Vernadaky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, where it was classified by M. Ivanova. This meteorite, an ordinary stone chondrite, H4 class has a Shock Rating of 2 and a Weathering Grade of 2-3 and the classification information was published in Meteoritical Bulletin 85.

While the stone did not get a heavy weathering grade, very few specimens show any crust. This meteorite is believed to have come from the Hebe class asteroids. I've included an informational photo of a NWA 267 Meteorite thin section which are used in earth geology, and in meteorites to identify the minerals in them. The photo shows a large imperfect elongated chondrule. Chondrules are unique features to meteorites. The chondrule shown is composed of mostly pyroxene and the bright colored minerals scattered throughout the thin section is mostly olivine.

One of the fun facts is that the NWA 267 was also the first meteorite ever minted onto a real legal tender coin. The National Bank of Liberia made 999 of these $10.00 Silver coins in 2004. The meteorite used in the coin, was supplied by Mark Bostick himself and his name and signature came on the certificate with the coin. The provided images of the coin shows a nomad on a camel on the obverse. A meteorite is falling through the star filled sky in the background. Reverse of coin has a seal of the Liberia Government and notes its value. We include 2 specimen cards but unfortunately the thin section and coin used in the ad are NOT included!

This is a nice looking individual fragment of a Sahara Desert NWA unclassified meteorite. It weighs 66.3 grams and measures 55x39x30 mm. This never classified Northwest Africa stone was found in the Sahara desert around 2000.

It's a good quality NWA meteorite individual fragment. Some weathering shows the meteorite's time spent aging in the desert. Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a great looking fresh individual Gao-Guenie H5 classified meteorite. It weighs 12.96 grams and measures 28x19x14 mm.  Picked up right after the fall, It has a nice black crust on over 90% of its surface.  

This H5 classified meteorite was observed falling at about 17:00 March 5, 1960 near the village of Gao in Africa. There is no total known weight recorded for this meteorite.

Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with an ELKK Meteorites and a Canagem® Collection specimen card.

This amazing specimen of Grossular Garnet was collected in the now closed Jeffery Mine in Asbestos, Québec, Canada. This is an extremely elegant and classic cinnamon colored garnet from this locale. 

The Jeffrey Mine is well-regarded among mineral collectors for its grossular garnet specimens, particularly the rich orange (“hessonite”) crystals it produced during its active years. The mine’s grossular garnets are often described as some of the most distinctive and desirable in the world because of their strong, honey-orange to peach color, good transparency, sharp crystal form, and glassy luster — qualities that make them stand out compared to grossular from many other localities.

Today the mine is closed and flooded, so material comes from historic finds and old stock, adding to both rarity and appeal.

This beautiful specimen is in very good condition and will come protected in a Perky Box . A great addition to any collection!

Name: Grossular Garnet Crystal var Hessonite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 20x17x7 mm / 0.8x0.7x0.3 inches 
Weight: 5.5 grams / 0.2 ounces 
Origin: Mined in Jeffery Mine,  Asbestos, Québec, Canada