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DZ1105 - Babingtonite on Prehnite
Hongxi, Meigu, Sichuan Province, China
small cabinet - 6.6 x 5.6 x 4.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Sharp babingtonite crystals contrasted nicely on green prehnite.


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Babingtonite on Prehnite from Hongxi, Meigu, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ1105a.jpg] Babingtonite on Prehnite from Hongxi, Meigu, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ1105b.jpg]





DZ1006 - Copper
Upper Peninsula, Michigan USA
small cabinet - 8.0 x 7.3 x 2.8 cm
$ 400.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 280.00 SOLD

This is an interesting mux of a natural specimen and a mining artifact. Unusually complex copper crystals with small calcite crystals occur with a large fin of chiseled copper. This piece obviously was chisled off a much larger specimen.


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Copper from Upper Peninsula, Michigan USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1006a.jpg] Copper from Upper Peninsula, Michigan USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1006b.jpg] Copper from Upper Peninsula, Michigan USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1006c.jpg]





DZ1003 - Pyromorphite
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fell District, Cumbria, England
small cabinet - 7.2 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
$ 1200.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 840.00 SOLD

A surprisingly good pyromorphite specimen from Roughton Hill. One rarely sees crystals of this size in such good condition. The pyromorphite grades from an olive green on one side to a paler almost lime green in the center. The largest crystals are 1 cm tall.


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Pyromorphite from Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fell District, Cumbria, England [db_pics/zowater/DZ1003a.jpg] Pyromorphite from Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fell District, Cumbria, England [db_pics/zowater/DZ1003b.jpg]





DZ1002 - Cerussite
Mibladen, Morocco
small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
$ 400.00 SOLD

Complex crystal growth of cerussite with a little bit of oxidized galena at the edges. Many of the crystal faces are in optical continuity.


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Cerussite from Mibladen, Morocco [db_pics/zowater/DZ1002a.jpg]





DZ1007 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China
miniature - 3.9 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Super aesthetic tabular aquamarine. It is doubly terminated and the prism faces at both ends of the crystal give a sharp wedged edge to all six prism faces.


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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ1007a.jpg] Beryl var. Aquamarine from Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ1007b.jpg]





DZ1008 - Pyrolusite
Dona Ana County, New Mexico USA
small cabinet - 6.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A mass of feathery pyrolusite crystals on a finer grained pyrolusite matrix.


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Pyrolusite from Dona Ana County, New Mexico USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1008a.jpg] Pyrolusite from Dona Ana County, New Mexico USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1008b.jpg]





DZ3110 - Zircon
Seiland Island, Alta, Norway
cabinet - 12.0 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
$ 1000.00 SOLD

A 3.5 cm doubly terminated zircon in a massive biotite matrix.


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Zircon from Seiland Island, Alta, Norway [db_pics/zowater/DZ3110a.jpg] Zircon from Seiland Island, Alta, Norway [db_pics/zowater/DZ3110b.jpg]





DZ3112 - Spodumene, Quartz & Muscovite
Afghanistan
cabinet - 9.7 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A nice elongate yellow spodumene (triphane) associated with quartz and muscovite.


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Spodumene, Quartz & Muscovite from Afghanistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ3112a.jpg] Spodumene, Quartz & Muscovite from Afghanistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ3112b.jpg]





DZ3101 - Spinel
Amity, Orange County, New York USA
miniature - 4.4 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Several intergrown spinel crystals to over 2 cm associated with a large but oxidized 3cm chondrodite crystal.


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Spinel from Amity, Orange County, New York USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ3101a.jpg] Spinel from Amity, Orange County, New York USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ3101b.jpg]





DZ4007 - Columbite-Tantalite
Bahia, Brazil
miniature - 4.0 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

An exceptionally well formed and terminated crystal of this relatively rare species of the transition metals. The crystal has a slightly bronze color highlighted by a blue iridescence resembling covallite from Butte, MT.


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Columbite-Tantalite from Bahia, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4007a.jpg] Columbite-Tantalite from Bahia, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4007b.jpg]





DZ4010 - Rose Quartz
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet - 6.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Large and well formed rose quartz with unusually good transparency.


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Rose Quartz from Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4010a.jpg] Rose Quartz from Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4010b.jpg] Rose Quartz from Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4010c.jpg]





DZ3603 - Neptunite on Natrolite
Gem Mine, San Benito County, California USA
miniature - 4.4 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
SOLD

A perfect lustrous doubly terminated 3.4 cm neptunite crystal offset nicely on the white natrolite background.


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Neptunite on Natrolite from Gem Mine, San Benito County, California USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ3603a.jpg]





DZ4208 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
SOLD

This is one of the most unusual aquamarines I have ever seen. A flat tabular crystal with etched resorption textures. It is still highly lustrous on all faces. The pinacoid surface has deeply etched lines paralleling the prism faces. It's just neat!


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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4208a.jpg] Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ4208b.jpg]





DZ4210 - Quartz var. Ametrine
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
small cabinet - 8.1 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
SOLD

These Ametrine specimens are unique to the Anahi Mine. They are elongate prismatic crystals with unusual etching on the prism faces, and relatively intact pyramidal faces. With backlighting, the crystal displays its amethyst and citrine zones parallel to the c-axis. When you look down the c-axis, you see the amethyst and citrine alternate in pie shaped wedges.


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Quartz var. Ametrine from Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4210a.jpg] Quartz var. Ametrine from Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4210b.jpg] Quartz var. Ametrine from Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4210c.jpg]





DZ4209 - Opal var. Hyalite
Zacatecas, Mexico
miniature - 4.9 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
$ 250.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 175.00 SOLD

I love these specimens! The opal has a faint yellow green hue to it, and like most hyalite specimens, is strongly fluorescent under UV light. What sets these apart is the presence of trace amounts amounts of the Uranyl (UO2) molecule, which causes daylight fluoresence. These hit the market a few years ago, and people soon realized there was more value in them as jewlrey rather than specimens, making good pieces hard to come by.

 


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Opal var. Hyalite from Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4209a.jpg] Opal var. Hyalite from Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4209b.jpg]


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