Staff Picks

Here we have for you a nice looking individual of a Sahara Desert NWA unclassified meteorite weighing 295.67 grams. Its dimensions are 91x47x60mm. This never classified North West Africa stone was found in the Sahara desert around 2000.

It's a good quality individual NWA meteorite specimen. 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 Manganite specimen from the classical or first location of discovery in Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany. This collector's specimen is unique and of great quality.  This specimen of Manganite is distinctive enough to show its true identity and is a beautiful and interesting specimen for display.

Manganite is an attractive and interesting mineral that is a pleasure to own over the years.  This World class specimen will come with a Canagem Collection and a NetMine Minerals specimen cards.

Name: Manganite
Specimen Size:   Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions:  120x100x68 mm / 4.7x3.9x2.7 inches
Weight: 1.2 Kg / 2 lbs 10 ounces
Origin: Mined in Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany

Product Type: Sapphire
Product ID: SPWT1601
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.45ct
Size: 9.5x8mm
Shape: Maple Leaf Checkerboard Cut
Color: Purple White
Clarity: SI (Slightly Included)
Origin: Africa

Product Type: Sapphire
Product ID: SPYY97191
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.31ct
Size: 8.9x6.8mm
Shape: Pear Shape Cut
Color: Light Yellow
Clarity: SI (Slightly Included)
Origin: Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Treatment:  None

Kupletskite is a rare and complex titanium-bearing silicate mineral most famously found at Mont-Saint-Hilaire in Québec, Canada. It typically appears as tiny brown to reddish-brown crystals, often with a glassy or resinous luster. The crystals are usually slender and prismatic and may occur alongside other rare minerals that Mont-Saint-Hilaire is known for.

Due to its rarity and specific geological conditions needed for formation, kupletskite is primarily of interest to serious collectors and mineralogists, especially those focused on rare earth or alkaline complex minerals. It’s not commonly available in large or showy specimens, so even small, well-formed crystals are considered notable.

This beautiful and rare specimen of Kupletskite from world famous Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, would be a great addition to any collection.

Name: Kupletskite
Specimen Size:  Miniature-Sized
Dimensions:  30x15x15 mm / 1.2x0.6x0.6    inches
Weight: 1.63 grams / .057 oz 
Origin: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Product Type: Sapphire
Product ID: SPGC86609
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.32ct
Size: 9.2x7.2mm
Shape: Fan Shape Cut
Color: Light Green
Clarity: SI (Slightly Included)
Origin: Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Treatment:  None

Apophyllite almost always forms good crystals of two major types. The favorite crystal habit is the rectangular prism capped by a steep four sided pyramid. A doubly terminated crystal is exceptionally special. The faces of the pyramids are rotated 45 degrees with respect to the prism faces and so plunge down into the prism edges. This produces a diamond-shaped pyramidal face instead of a typical triangular pyramid face. The shape is an extraordinary example of tetragonal crystal form. Although normally colorless or white, colored examples of apophyllite are always treasured. Some crystals of apophyllite are cut as gems, but are mostly just for the collectors.

Scolecite forms as vertically striated, thin, prismatic crystals.  Scolecite may also occur as radiating fibrous masses.  The colour may be white, yellowish, or colourless.  It is a transparent to translucent mineral, and it has a vitreous to silky luster.

This is an absolutely stunning piece!

Name: Apophyllite, Acicular Scolecite Crystals
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 146x89x89 mm / 5.75x3.5x3.5 inches
Weight: 964 grams / 2 lbs 2 oz
Details: Mined in Panvel, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

This is a beautiful combination of Apophyllite, Stilbite and Calcite on Chalcedony Druse. It is a large specimen at over 2 kg and has many double terminated crystals.

Stilbite is a zeolite mineral appreciated for its delicate crystal formations and pastel hues, ranging from colorless to white, yellow, pink, and peach.  It forms distinctive tabular crystals with a bowtie or butterfly shape and exhibits a vitreous to pearly luster. 

One of the distinguishing features of apophyllite is its ability to form well-defined crystals with a pyramid-like shape. These crystals often exhibit a prismatic or pseudo-cubic habit and have a vitreous luster. Apophyllite is transparent to translucent and is commonly found in colorless or white varieties, although it can also occur in shades of green, pink, yellow, or brown.

Chalcedony is a microcrystalline Quartz found in many different colours and patterns.  It has a number of crystals grouped under it many of which are very familiar, including Agate, Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Aventurine, Jasper and Onyx.

Calcite is found throughout the world in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Some geologists consider it to be a "ubiquitous mineral" - one that is found everywhere. Calcite is the principal constituent of limestone and marble. This huge crystal specimen would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection.

Name: Apophyllite, Stilbite and Calcite on Chalcedony Druse
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 222x178x95 mm / 8.75x7x3.75 inches
Weight: 2.46 KG / 5 lbs 6 ounces
Origin: Mined in Jalgaon, India

Product Type: Tourmaline
Product ID: TOOG1737
Approx Weight (per piece):  3.51ct
Size: 12x7mm
Shape: Baguette Cut
Color: Olive Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa

Product Type: Sapphire
Product ID: SPLG30473
Approx Weight (per piece): 1.40ct
Size: 6.5mm
Shape: Heart Shape Cut
Color: Lime Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa

This is an amazing, large cluster of Okenite with Gyrolite, Quartz and Prehnite Druse Crystal from Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India. This is a high quality druse with outstanding, perfect okenite spheres and tons of Prehnite.  The angle of view is just amazing. Would be a beautiful addition to any collection.

Name: Okenite with Gyrolite on Quartz and Prehnite Druse Crystal
Specimen Size:  Large Cabinet-Sized
Dimensions: 146x114x101 mm / 5.75x4.5x4 inches 
Weight: 1.8 kg / 3 lb. 15.5 oz
Origin: Mined in Dindoshi Quarry, Mumbai, India

This is a fabulous Ghubara meteorite whole fragment weighing 78.4 grams and measuring 60x42x24mm. This classified meteorite was found in Oman, Southern Arabia in 1954 and is classified as an L5 Stony Black Chondrite.

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

Product Type: Fluorite
Product ID: FLPN9378
Approx Weight (per piece): 37.81ct
Size: 24x19mm
Shape: Oval Checkerboard Cut
Color: Neon Blue Green (Paraiba Color)
Clarity: VSI (Very Slightly Included)
Origin: Brazil

This is a 620 gram impact melt rock from the Gallejaur Crater, northern Sweden.  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.

Rocks, interpreted as impact generated lithologies, occur in a large area surrounding the Gallejaur magnetic structure at latitude 65°10/longitude 19°30 in northernmost Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. These rocks comprise a variety of different types of breccias: authigenic The Gallejaur structure is located in the central part of the Skellefte mining district in the Precambrian Baltic Shield. The ca. 1.9 Ga old Skellefte district is an extensively mineralized, mainly felsic, submarine volcanic belt.  The rocks are described as impact-generated, have been called the Vargfors Group and overlie the Skellefte volcanics and sediments with an angular unconformity.  The youngest rocks in the area, intruding the Skellefte district supracrustals and probably the impact-generated rock, are A/I-type granitoids belonging to the Revsund-Adak granite suite, which have been dated at ca. 1.80 to 1.78 Ga.

This great bookend slab displays very well.  It has a mass of 190x97x39 mm.  Would be a beautiful addition to any new or existing collection. Comes with a Canagem Collection specimen card.

Product Type: Tourmaline
Product ID: TOPP05964
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.75ct
Size: 11x6mm
Shape: Octagon Cut
Color: Pink
Clarity: VSI (Very Slightly Included)
Origin: Africa

Product Type: Sapphire
Product ID: SPBG35796
Approx Weight (per piece): 2.13ct
Size: 8mm
Shape: Flower Shape Diamond Cut
Color: Dark Blue Green
Clarity: Clean
Origin: Africa