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The second batch of minerals from the Don Zowader Collection. Profits from this sale will go to John Veevaert's family.


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DZ4805 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Erongo Mountains, Namibia
small cabinet - 5.5 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
SOLD

Beautiful blue color in a doubly terminated aquamarine with a small matrix of microcline. 


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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4805a.jpg] Beryl var. Aquamarine from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4805b.jpg]





DZ4901 - Calcite
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
small cabinet - 7.8 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

An aesthetic group of discoidal calcites highlighted by some small quartz and pyrite crystals.


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Calcite from Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4901a.jpg] Calcite from Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4901b.jpg] Calcite from Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4901c.jpg]





DZ4801 - Hematite after Siderite
Crystal Peak, Park County, Colorado USA
small cabinet - 7.0 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A sharp floater group of siderite rhombs pseudomorphed to hematite. Amazingly some of the faces are lustrous.


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Hematite after Siderite from Crystal Peak, Park County, Colorado USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4801a.jpg] Hematite after Siderite from Crystal Peak, Park County, Colorado USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4801b.jpg]





DZ4902 - Enargite
Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
cabinet - 10.0 x 7.2 x 2.2 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A Butte classic. Enargite and pyrite on quartz. The larger enargites are 1.5 cm wide.

ex Ed McDole collection.


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Enargite from Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4902a.jpg] Enargite from Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4902b.jpg] Enargite from Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4902c.jpg]





DZ1109 - Brucite
Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA
small cabinet - 6.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A large mound of brucite.


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Brucite from Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1109a.jpg] Brucite from Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1109b.jpg]





DZ1106 - Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Two aesthetically intergrown azurite crystals from the most famous specimen mine in the world.


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Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ1106a.jpg] Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ1106b.jpg] Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ1106c.jpg]





DZ1108 - Brucite
Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA
small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A single hemishphere of yellowish brucite. The crystals are much larger than average. The lower part of the specimen has been sawn.


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Brucite from Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1108a.jpg] Brucite from Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1108b.jpg]





DZ1102 - Tourmaline var. Liddicaotite
Sahatany Valley, Madagascar
small cabinet - 5.7 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

This tourmaline is cuttable gem green at the base, grading into a very nice pink tip.


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Tourmaline var. Liddicaotite from Sahatany Valley, Madagascar [db_pics/zowater/DZ1102a.jpg] Tourmaline var. Liddicaotite from Sahatany Valley, Madagascar [db_pics/zowater/DZ1102b.jpg]





DZ1103 - Silver
Copper Falls, Keweenaw, Michigan USA
small cabinet - 6.5 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Nice sharp spinel twinned silver crystals on matrix.


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Silver from Copper Falls, Keweenaw, Michigan USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1103a.jpg] Silver from Copper Falls, Keweenaw, Michigan USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ1103b.jpg]





DZ1101 - Topaz and Muscovite
Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet - 5.4 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Some of the best things in life are simple. The topaz is clear enough to see where the muscovite has grown into the topaz.


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Topaz and Muscovite from Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ1101a.jpg] Topaz and Muscovite from Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ1101b.jpg]





DZ4806 - Wulfenite
Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA
cabinet - 13.8 x 9.7 x 5.0 cm
$ 400.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 280.00 SOLD

 Typical yellow wulfenite grades outwards to increasing iron/manganese stained crystals.


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Wulfenite from Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4806a.jpg] Wulfenite from Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4806b.jpg] Wulfenite from Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4806c.jpg]





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]


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