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This is a great 36.2 gram Impact Melt Breccia from the Gardnos Crater in Norway.  It is amazingly light considering its mass of 51x40x9mm. 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 4.4 gram Libyan Desert Glass from Kuffra, Libya, with dimensions of 30x19x12 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.

You will receive the exact matching iridescent ammonite halves pictured here.  They measure 38x29mm.

This is a perfectly fossilized and highly polished natural Ammonite from Morocco, which is perfect for gift giving to a new fossil collector. Ammonites are perhaps the most widely known fossil, possessing the typically ribbed spiral-form shell. These creatures lived in the seas between 240 - 65 million years ago, when they became extinct along with the dinosaurs. They belong to a group of predators known as cephalopods, which includes their living relatives the octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus. It is probably going to be one of the rarest collection item you'll ever own. These are perfect if you make jewelry and similar crafts or as a fossil collection item.  

These are Canyon Diablo classified meteorite micros. You will receive one of the specimens pictured, in a gem jar. This Iron (IAB-MG) classified meteorite was found in Arizona in 1891. So far approximately 30 T of this material have been recovered.

The crater it formed is world famous and is known as Meteor Crater. It is an Arizona Meteorite and one that is a must have for any collection. The Canyon Diablo has been closed to hunting for many years so these pieces are becoming more difficult to acquire and this is a good time to get a fine specimen.

Would make a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes in a gem jar with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

This is a nice looking end cut of a Sahara Desert NWA unclassified meteorite. It weighs 56.7 grams and measures 41x32x27 mm. This never classified Northwest Africa stone was found in the Sahara desert around 2004.

It's a good quality NWA meteorite end cut. 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 an amazingly rare classified meteorite shale specimen of Lake Murray weighing 5.5 grams. Its dimensions are 33x23x6 mm.  This Iron (IIAB) classified meteorite was found in Oklahoma in 1933. Only 270 kg of this material have been recovered and most of it is on display in a museum.  This is 1 of 153 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIAB.

The Lake Murray meteorite is an iron meteorite with an exceptionally long terrestrial age, found encased in a thick layer of iron shale (also known as oxidite) in the Lower Cretaceous Antler Sandstone formation in Oklahoma. It is considered the oldest unaltered meteorite with an intact core known on Earth, having landed approximately 110 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.

It was found in 1933 in a gully on a farm near Lake Murray, Carter County, Oklahoma, which is now part of Lake Murray State Park.

The Lake Murray meteorite's unique preservation makes it a crucial subject in the study of paleo-meteoritics (the study of ancient meteorites). While other older "fossil" meteorites exist (such as those in Swedish limestone dated at 450 million years), their original metallic components have been completely replaced by terrestrial minerals, leaving only a structural replica. The Lake Murray specimen is unique because it still retains its original, unaltered nickel-iron core. 

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

Product Type: Imperial Topaz
Approx Weight (per piece): 0.6ct 
Size: 10.3x3.2mm 
Shape: Marquise Cut
Color: Imperial Orange
Clarity: Clean
Origin:  Brazil

These are perfect rosettes of metallic molybdenite, almost completely exposed in a glassy quartz matrix crystals from Moly Hill, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Québec, Canada.  The pair of rosettes measure 17mm in length.

Molybdenite is commonly found as foliated masses meaning the mineral forms folia or layers, like the mineral mica. It is metallic gray, has a greasy feel, and is very soft at only 1 on Mohs' hardness scale. Its softness, metallic luster and gray color led scientists to mistakenly believe it was a lead mineral. This specimen shows the typical hexagonal layered structure of the crystal.

Some believe molybdenite is linked to intuition, transformation, and problem-solving, helping with mental clarity and adaptability. It is sometimes associated with the third eye chakra, thought to enhance insight and creative thinking.

Name: Molybdenite Crystals
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions: 46x37x25 mm / 1.8x1.5x1.0 inches
Weight: 51.4 Grams / 1.8 ounces
Origin: Mined in Moly Hill, La Motte, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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.

This specimen is remarkable for its relatively sharp and bladed marcasite crystal form.  It is in excellent condition.  

Name: Goethite After Marcasite Pseudomorph
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized Specimen
Dimensions:  36x25x30 mm / 1.4x1.0x1.2 inches
Weight: 59.8 grams / 2.1 ounces 
Origin: White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt

Product Type: Lemon Citrine
Approx Weight (per piece): 11ct
Size: 22x11.3mm
Shape:  Marquise Cut
Color: Lemon Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin:  Africa