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DZ3410 - Scheelite on Muscovite
Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China
cabinet - 13.3 x 8.3 x 3.6 cm
SOLD
Two gemmy orange mostly transparent scheelites on a flat plate of muscovite.
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![Scheelite on Muscovite from Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ3410a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ3410a.jpg)
![Scheelite on Muscovite from Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ3410b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ3410b.jpg)
DZ5007 - Topaz
Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colorado USA
thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
$ 50.00 SOLD
Cute little topaz thumbnail on a red iron stained matrix of albite and microcline. The topaz is transparent and highly lustrous with interesting growth patterns.
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![Topaz from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colorado USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5007a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5007a.jpg)
![Topaz from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colorado USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5007b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5007b.jpg)
![Topaz from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colorado USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5007c.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5007c.jpg)
DZ5003 - Quartz var. Amethyst on Quartz
Ankazobe-Toamasina, Madagascar
cabinet - 9.6 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
Quartz scepter with the head having both smoky and amethyst zones. Atypical of this location, this is actually a matrix piece with microcline and quartz in the matrix.
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![Quartz var. Amethyst on Quartz from Ankazobe-Toamasina, Madagascar [db_pics/zowater/DZ5003a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5003a.jpg)
![Quartz var. Amethyst on Quartz from Ankazobe-Toamasina, Madagascar [db_pics/zowater/DZ5003b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5003b.jpg)
DZ5001 - Quartz
Wanna, Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan
cabinet - 10.5 x 8.9 x 7.0 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
Two fadens at nearly right angles are perched on a thin flake of quartz matrix. You see a lot of fadens on the market in the last several years, yet matrix peices are still somewhat rare.
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![Quartz from Wanna, Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ5001a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5001a.jpg)
![Quartz from Wanna, Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ5001b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5001b.jpg)
DZ5002 - Molybdenite
Crown Point Mine, Holden, Lake Chelan, Washington USA
cabinet - 11.7 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
SOLD
This is a truly exceptional molybdenite specimen. Molybdenites usually form without pyramidal terminations (basal pinachoid). This specimen has two crystals; one of which is doubly terminated as a bipyramidal crystal, while the other has a pyramid termination on one side with the other side hidden beneath the quartz matrix. This specimen came from the Mike Groben collection. He aquired it in 1961 via exchange with Ed McDole. Its a great specimen with great provenance.
ex Mike Groben collection.
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![Molybdenite from Crown Point Mine, Holden, Lake Chelan, Washington USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5002a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5002a.jpg)
![Molybdenite from Crown Point Mine, Holden, Lake Chelan, Washington USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5002b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5002b.jpg)
![Molybdenite from Crown Point Mine, Holden, Lake Chelan, Washington USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5002c.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5002c.jpg)
DZ5004 - Malachite pseudo after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
A nice rose of azurite crystals with near total pseudomorphism to malachite.
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![Malachite pseudo after Azurite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ5004a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5004a.jpg)
![Malachite pseudo after Azurite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ5004b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5004b.jpg)
![Malachite pseudo after Azurite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ5004c.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ5004c.jpg)
DZ0302 - Barite
Santa Lucia, Near Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
small cabinet - 6.7 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
Beautiful golden barite crystals with nice tabular form. The crystals are zoned with a darker band near the outside edge of the crystals which enhances the golden color.
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![Barite from Santa Lucia, Near Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy [db_pics/zowater/DZ0302a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0302a.jpg)
![Barite from Santa Lucia, Near Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy [db_pics/zowater/DZ0302b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0302b.jpg)
DZ0303 - Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
small cabinet - 7.5 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm
$ 125.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 87.50 SOLD
A complex group of rhombohedral calcites that are nearly in optical continuity. There is iron stain on preferential faces giving a slight pink hue to the crystals. They are perched on a dolomite crystal matrix with a little bit of duftite for contrast.
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![Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ0303a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0303a.jpg)
![Calcite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ0303b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0303b.jpg)
DZ0308 - Pyrite on Quartz
Spruce Claim, King County, Washington, USA
small cabinet - 8.8 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
$ 500.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 350.00 SOLD
For those of you familiar with this locality, you will know how rare it is to get a complete cube that is not fractured or cracked. This is an exemplary specimen from the locality.
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![Pyrite on Quartz from Spruce Claim, King County, Washington, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ0308a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0308a.jpg)
![Pyrite on Quartz from Spruce Claim, King County, Washington, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ0308b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0308b.jpg)
![Pyrite on Quartz from Spruce Claim, King County, Washington, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ0308c.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ0308c.jpg)
DZ1612 - Silver
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
miniature - 3.3 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
A wonderfully stout silver wire with great striations and patina. The wire is 1cm wide in places but naturally flattened being only .3cm thick.
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![Silver from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1612a.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1612a.jpg)
![Silver from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1612b.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1612b.jpg)
DZ1610 - Cassiterite
Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia
miniature - 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
A large single twinned cassiterite crystal with an unusual slightly flattened quartz crystal protruding from the base.
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![Cassiterite from Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1610a.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1610a.jpg)
![Cassiterite from Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1610b.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1610b.jpg)
![Cassiterite from Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1610c.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1610c.jpg)
![Cassiterite from Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1610d.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1610d.jpg)
DZ1605 - Rutile
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
$ 800.00 DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 520.00 SOLD
A lustrous twinned rutile crystal with great red flashes on both the prism and pyramid faces. The matrix appears to be heavily iron-stained intergrown andalusite crystals.
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![Rutile from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1605a.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1605a.jpg)
![Rutile from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1605b.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1605b.jpg)
![Rutile from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1605c.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1605c.jpg)
![Rutile from Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1605d.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1605d.jpg)
DZ1601 - Calcite on Fluorite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois USA
small cabinet - 7.5 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
This interesting calcite specimen sits on etched fluorite fragments as matrix. The calcite has unusual scalenohedral(?) bodies capped by poker chip like twinned crystals at the top.
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![Calcite on Fluorite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1601a.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1601a.jpg)
![Calcite on Fluorite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1601b.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1601b.jpg)
![Calcite on Fluorite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1601c.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1601c.jpg)
![Calcite on Fluorite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois USA [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1601d.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1601d.jpg)
DZ1609 - Beryl var. Aquamarine on Albite
Harra Mosh, Dassau, Sassi, Gilgit, Pakistan
small cabinet - 6.6 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
$ AT-AUCTION
A totally transparent pale blue aquamarine crystal nested in well crystallized albites.
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![Beryl var. Aquamarine on Albite from Harra Mosh, Dassau, Sassi, Gilgit, Pakistan [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1609a.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1609a.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine on Albite from Harra Mosh, Dassau, Sassi, Gilgit, Pakistan [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1609b.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1609b.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine on Albite from Harra Mosh, Dassau, Sassi, Gilgit, Pakistan [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1609c.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1609c.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine on Albite from Harra Mosh, Dassau, Sassi, Gilgit, Pakistan [db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/DZ1609d.jpg]](db_pics/ZowaderUpdates/m/DZ1609d.jpg)
DZ1608 - Tourmaline
Kunar Province, Afghanistan
miniature - 4.5 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
SOLD
Two parallel tourmaline crystals of almost forest green color at the base, progressively lightening upwards to nearly colorless at the tips.
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![Tourmaline from Kunar Province, Afghanistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ1608a.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ1608a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Kunar Province, Afghanistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ1608b.jpg]](db_pics/zowater/m/DZ1608b.jpg)
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