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DZ4501 - Stibnite
Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
cabinet - 13.9 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

An aesthetic stibnite group with an uusual kinked crystal growth.


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Stibnite from Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ4501a.jpg] Stibnite from Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ4501b.jpg]





DZ4506 - Acanthite
Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
miniature - 4.6 x 2.5 x 0.7
$ AT-AUCTION

An unusual habit for acanthite with the form resembling polybasite.


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Acanthite from Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4506a.jpg] Acanthite from Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4506b.jpg] Acanthite from Proano Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4506c.jpg]





DZ4504 - Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Municipo de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
miniature - 5.0 x 4.6 x 4.8 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Beautiful botryoids of fibrous malachite.


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Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Municipo de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ4504a.jpg]





DZ4511 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.9 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

This gold is charactarized by an undulatory leaf (resultant from tectonic deformation within the vein) highlighted by cube octahedral crystals twinned off the main leaf. Small quartz crystals on the matrix compliment the gold.


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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4511a.jpg] Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4511b.jpg]





DZ4510 - Zincite (Man made)
Silesia, Poland
small cabinet - 6.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Gem clear zincite. Yellow at the base, grading up to amber on the main crystal, with blueish green on the sidecar.


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Zincite (Man made) from Silesia, Poland [db_pics/zowater/DZ4510a.jpg] Zincite (Man made) from Silesia, Poland [db_pics/zowater/DZ4510b.jpg] Zincite (Man made) from Silesia, Poland [db_pics/zowater/DZ4510c.jpg]





DZ4502 - Bournonite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
miniature - 5.0 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A large doubly terminated crystal perched at the edge of the quartz crystals.


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Bournonite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ4502a.jpg] Bournonite on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ4502b.jpg]





DZ3001 - Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Totora, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
small cabinet - 7.5 x 7.0 x 3.3 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Superb, large, razor-sharp, lustrous, black, alpine-type octahedrons (some twinned) with Feldspar on matrix.


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Magnetite from Cerro Huanaquino, Totora, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia [db_pics/zowater/DZ3001a.jpg] Magnetite from Cerro Huanaquino, Totora, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia [db_pics/zowater/DZ3001b.jpg]





DZ3009 - Heulandite & Stilbite on Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Northern Maharashtra, India
small cabinet - 8.9 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A super lustrous semi-transparent heulandite with a slight pinkish hue is perched on drusy quartz with several stilbite crystals for contrast.


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Heulandite & Stilbite on Chalcedony from Jalgaon, Northern Maharashtra, India [db_pics/zowater/DZ3009a.jpg] Heulandite & Stilbite on Chalcedony from Jalgaon, Northern Maharashtra, India [db_pics/zowater/DZ3009b.jpg]





DZ3006 - Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri USA
miniature - 4.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
$ 250.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 175.00 SOLD

This large single cube of galena with small octahedral modifications at the corners is perched on a small tab of octahedral galena with dolomite and chalcopyrite. The label lists this as St Joseph Lead District but it is almost certainly Sweetwater Mine.


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Galena from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ3006a.jpg] Galena from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ3006b.jpg]





DZ3003 - Siderite
La Mure, Isere, France
small cabinet - 5.8 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A large single siderite crystal with an interesting, almost waxy luster occupies the entire width of the specimen. Numerous smaller siderites have grown at an angle and are effectively martix to the large crystal.


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Siderite from La Mure, Isere, France [db_pics/zowater/DZ3003a.jpg] Siderite from La Mure, Isere, France [db_pics/zowater/DZ3003b.jpg] Siderite from La Mure, Isere, France [db_pics/zowater/DZ3003c.jpg]





DZ4102 - Barite on Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota USA
cabinet - 10.5 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
$ 1000.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 700.00 SOLD

A single perfect barite with great root-beer brown color and unusually good transparency. Perched on a matrix of small yellow calcites.


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Barite on Calcite from Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4102a.jpg] Barite on Calcite from Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ4102b.jpg]





DZ4103 - Hematite
Niaslo, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Lustrous hexagonal barrel shaped crystals stand upright on a matrix of adularia, chlorite and tiny hematites.


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Hematite from Niaslo, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ4103a.jpg] Hematite from Niaslo, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ4103b.jpg]





DZ4107 - Copper
Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
small cabinet - 5.6 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A sharp spinel twinned crystal nearly 3cm long occurs with numerous smaller copper crystals, both twinned and untwinned.


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Copper from Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/zowater/DZ4107a.jpg] Copper from Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/zowater/DZ4107b.jpg] Copper from Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/zowater/DZ4107c.jpg]





DZ4109 - Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
miniature - 3.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
$ 350.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 245.00 SOLD

A well formed sharp azurite crystal, partly pseudomorphed to malachite on a matrix of cuprian calcite crystals on dolomite pseudomorphs after (?).


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Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4109a.jpg] Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ4109b.jpg]





DZ4104 - Bournonite
Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier, France
small cabinet - 7.0 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
SOLD

Classic cogwheel twins of bournonite up to 2cm perched on a matrix of sphalerite coating pink calcite.


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Bournonite from Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier, France [db_pics/zowater/DZ4104a.jpg] Bournonite from Saint-Laurent-Le-Minier, France [db_pics/zowater/DZ4104b.jpg]


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