Staff Picks

Product Type: Bi-Color Tourmaline
Product ID: TOBC0415 (Appraised at $ 1,318.15 USD)
Approx Weight (per piece): 5.62ct
Size: 10.7x7.7mm
Shape: Octagon Cut
Color: Pink Orange & Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa

Hotei, also known as the Laughing Buddha or the Fat Buddha, is a revered figure in Chinese folklore and Buddhist tradition. Symbolizing happiness and good fortune, Hotei is depicted as a joyful and rotund monk with a large exposed belly. Carrying a cloth sack, known as the Bag of Plenty, he is associated with abundance and benevolence. While not the historical Buddha, Hotei's image is popular in East Asian cultures, and his presence is believed to attract positive energy and prosperity. Embodying compassion and generosity, Hotei serves as an icon of contentment, encouraging a light-hearted approach to life.

Product Type: Agate  
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Size: 79x67x62 mm / 3.1x2.6x2.4 inches  
Weight: 400 grams / 14 ounces
Origin: Nigeria, Africa (Carved in Thailand)

Product Type: Bi-Color Citrine
Approx Weight (per piece): 124.13ct
Size: 46x22mm
Shape: Octagon Cut
Color: Lemon Yellow and Black
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Brazil

This is a superb individual Tsarev meteorite weighing 142.2 grams. Its dimensions are 71x44x29 mm. Twenty-eight specimens of this L5 classified meteorite were found in fields.  The largest mass weighs 284 kg, the smallest 761 gr with a total weight of 1.23 Tons. The greatest distance between the find sites was 6.0 km.

In 1968, amidst a global surge in conflicts, a remarkable discovery was made in a small village in Volgograd Oblast. This region, known as the primary site of the Battle of Stalingrad—one of the largest and bloodiest battles in history—yielded an extraordinary find in the quiet fields near the rural village of Tsarev.

The Tsarev meteorite, named after the Russian word for czar, is a stone meteorite responsible for one of the largest meteorite showers in Russian history. This meteorite shower occurred on December 6, 1922, but the stones were not discovered until 1968 and only recognized in 1979. The Tsarev meteorite's mineral composition matches that of ordinary chondrites, including olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, maskelynite, calcium phosphates, nickel-iron, troilite, chromite, ilmenite, and rutile.

Academic analysis of the Tsarev meteorite reveals significant features: large grains of nickel-iron, light grey areas with well-preserved chondritic texture, and dark areas containing a matrix with olivine grains and remnants of chondrules. 

This specimen would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.  Will come with a Canagem specimen card.

Hotei, also known as the Laughing Buddha or the Fat Buddha, is a revered figure in Chinese folklore and Buddhist tradition. Symbolizing happiness and good fortune, Hotei is depicted as a joyful and rotund monk with a large exposed belly. Carrying a cloth sack, known as the Bag of Plenty, he is associated with abundance and benevolence. While not the historical Buddha, Hotei's image is popular in East Asian cultures, and his presence is believed to attract positive energy and prosperity. Embodying compassion and generosity, Hotei serves as an icon of contentment, encouraging a light-hearted approach to life.

Product Type: Ruby and Zoisite
Specimen Size:  Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 85x62x48 mm / 3.3x2.4x1.9 inches
Weight:  372 grams / 13.1 ounces / 1862 ct
Origin: Tanzania (Carved in Thailand)
Treatment: None, all natural

This is a very large and beautiful Labradorite sphere, showing fantastic labradorescence.  Labradorite is an unusual mineral. It can display a beautiful iridescent play of colors, caused by internal fractures in the mineral that reflect light back and forth, dispersing it into different colors. This effect, known as labradorescence, gives Labradorite its appeal and fame.

Product Type: Labradorite Sphere
Dimensions:  150 mm / 6 inches
Weight:  4.5 Kg / 10 lbs
Origin: Madagascar

This is a must have 506.7-gram Impact Melt Breccia, also referred to as Suevite, coming from Zipplingen and the famous Ries crater Germany. 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 impactite was formed 14.5 million years ago in Malmian or Jurassic limestone when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a ~10 miles wide crater named the Ries crater in Germany. This gorgeous end piece displays very well and shows typical inclusions of glass bomb as the dark material and crystalline fragments visible throughout the specimen showing the stages of shock metamorphism.

It is amazingly light considering its mass of 130x109x37 mm.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

Volcanic bombs are large clots of volcanic lava rock that are ejected from a volcano during an explosive eruption. They can vary in size, and their shapes are often streamlined due to their molten nature as they are thrown through the air. When these volcanic lava rocks contain olivine crystals, they are referred to as olivine volcanic bombs.

Mount Shadwell, a dormant volcano, was formed 25,000 years ago and is believed to have last erupted about 5,000 years ago. The town of Mortlake, which is situated at the foot of the volcano, is the self-proclaimed olivine capital of Australia.  This is where large ejected rocks from Mt Shadwell, called volcanic bombs, are found.

This huge museum piece has been cut to show the green olivine crystals which are showcased beautifully against the surrounding black lava crust.  

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

Name: Olivine Crystal Bomb
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized  
Dimensions: 173x121x61 mm / 6.8x4.8x2.4 Inches  
Weight:  1.45 Kg / 3 lbs 3 Ounces  
Details: Volcanic activity Mortlake, Victoria, Australia  

This is an amazing, large cluster of Okenite with Gyrolite, Quartz and Prehnite Geode Crystal from Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India. This is a high quality geode with outstanding, perfect okenite spheres and tons of Prehnite.  Since this is a geode type specimen all of the okenite hairs are perfectly intact with no damage to any crystal.  Would be a beautiful addition to any collection.

Name: Okenite with Gyrolite on Quartz and Prehnite Geode Crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 203x146x120 mm / 8x5.75x4.75 inches
Weight: 3.78 kg / 8 lb. 5 oz
Origin: Mined in Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India

This is an amazing, large cluster of Okenite on Quartz Geode Crystal from Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India. This is a high quality geode with outstanding, perfect okenite spheres.  Since this is a geode type specimen all of the okenite hairs are perfectly intact with no damage to any crystal.  Would be a beautiful addition to any collection.

Name: Okenite Spheres with Gyrolite on Quartz and Prehnite Geode Crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 190x165x121 mm / 7.5x6.5x4.75 inches
Weight: 3.7 kg / 8 lbs 2.5 oz
Origin: Mined in Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India

Product Type: Fluorite
Approx Weight  (per piece): 91.50ct
Size: 32x28 mm
Shape: Oval Cut
Color: Chrome Green
Clarity: Clean to the eye
Origin: Africa

This is a fantastic Dhofar 019 martian basaltic shergottite classified meteorite.  A single brownish gray stone weighing 1056 grams was found on 24 January 2000 in Oman. 

This is 1 of 257 approved meteorites classified as Martian (shergottite).  This premium piece displays very well as the wafer thin slice shows an excellent surface area for its weight. It looks perfect in the membrane box and comes with a specimen card and a display stand making this set a prized item.

The piece is 0.360 grams and has dimensions of 13x9.5x1.5mm. Would make a beautiful addition to any collection.