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Name: Star Mica - Muscovite with Quartz

Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized

Dimensions:  49x39x27 mm / 1.9x1.5x1 inches

Weight:  38.1 Grams / 1.3 ounces

Origin: Mined in Minas Gerais, Brazil

This is a specimen of Star Mica or Muscovite and Quartz cluster.  These clusters show crystals that grow in sheets or book formations.  It is silvery gold with good transparency when held up to the light.  The name Muscovite comes from the term Muscovy Glass which was a name for the thick sheets of Mica used as a substitute for glass Russia. The name Mica is derived from the Greek word that means to split.

On this nice specimen, the matrix faces are covered with beautiful golden yellow point stars of muscovite mica, a typical shape for this rare mica formation. The stars are the result of twinning; the points show a bit of wear but this does not detract from the beauty of such a piece.

This is a fantastic End Cut 14.82 gram NWA (Northwest Africa) 869 L3-6 classified meteorite. The dimensions of the specimen are 44x32x8 mm.

Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a nice display protective box plus a MeteorPassion and a Canagem Collection specimen cards.

This beautiful Lapis Lazuli tower measures 91 mm / 3.6 inches in length and weighs 96 grams / 3.4 ounces.

Lapis lazuli or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.  Lapis lazuli commonly contains pyrite and white calcite. The pyrite inclusions in natural stones are randomly scattered throughout the stone and have irregular outlines that are surrounded by darker blue rings.  

Lapis Lazuli encourages taking charge of life.  It is said to reveal inner truth, encourage self-awareness, and self-expression without holding back or compromising.  This stone is believed to bring the enduring qualities of honesty, compassion and uprightness to the personality.

Lapis Lazuli is said to bond relationships in love and friendship and aid in expressing feelings and emotions.

Product Type: Imperial Topaz  
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.75ct  
Size: 8x6mm  
Shape: Oval Cabochon  
Color: Imperial Orange  
Clarity:  Included Transparent  
Origin:  Africa  

The pictures of the individual stone (with the tweezers) are of the last stone that remains.

This is a complete biotite mica crystal group with apatite crystals from Tory Hill, Ontario.  The specimen is made up of three inter grown black biotite mica crystals with glassy green apatite sitting on the surfaces and sandwiched between mica layers.  Apatite crystals can be seen in many corners of the specimen.  The largest apatite is 1" across.

The mica is in excellent condition but a couple of apatite crystals show some damage. Nevertheless the specimen shows very well and is truly spectacular. 

Name: Biotite Mica & Apatite Crystals
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  89x70x57 mm / 3.5x2.75x2.25 inches
Weight:  437 Grams / 15.4 Ounces
Origin: Mined in Tory Hill, Ontario

Product Type: Star Sapphire

Approx Weight (per piece):  2.1ct

Size: 7.2x6.2mm

Shape: Oval Cabochon

Color: Pale Blue

Clarity:  Fine Crystal

Origin: Myanmar (Burma)

Treatment: None 

Name: Augite and Scapolite Crystals

Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized

Dimensions: 171x82x89 mm / 6.75x3.25x3.5 inches

Weight: 1.66 KG /  3 lbs 10 ounces

Origin: Bancroft area, Ontario Canada

This is a large piece of Augite and Scapolite crystal from Ontario.  The Augite crystals are shiny with an octagonal habit.

A large pocket of lustrous green augite and white scapolite is exposed across the width of the specimen. There are about twenty well formed green augite crystals with the largest being 1" long x ½" wide. There is one large white scapolite crystal on the back wall which is 2" long. The specimen is in very good condition. The matrix is massive augite and scapolite. Make this a special specimen in your collection. 

This is a fabulous specimen of bladed Kyanite and Quartz mined in Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  The specimen was mounted on a wood stand to allow easy display in a favorable position and to protect the specimen.

Kyanite is a silicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. It's 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.

Name: Bladed Kyanite and Quartz Crystal
Specimen Size: Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  104x96x46 mm / 4.1x3.8x1.8 inches (including stand)
Weight:   271 grams / 1.4 Ounces (including stand)
Origin:  Barra do Salinas district, Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

This is a fantastic shatter cone from Germany weighing 78.3 grams and measuring 80x43x28 mm. Although not a meteorite, impactites and shatter cones are directly linked to them and their impacts.   Shatter cones are evidence that the rock has been subjected to an extreme shock with very brief high pressures.

Shatter cones are rare geological features that are only known to form in the bedrock beneath large meteorite impact craters. They have a distinctively conical shape with thin grooves (striae) that radiate from the top (apex) of the cone. Shatter cones can range in length from 1 centimeter to several meters. The azimuths of the cones's axes typically radiate outwards from the point of impact, with the cones pointing towards the center of the impact crater.

This shatter cone was formed 14.5 million years ago in Malmian or Jurassic limestone at the Steinheim Basin impact structure and Ries crater in Germany. This piece displays very well and is a very nice size showing multiple characteristics of its origin. Would make a beautiful addition to any collection.