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The last full batch of minerals from the Zowader Collection.


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DZ5503 - Tourmaline
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
small cabinet - 6.1 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
SOLD

A single gemmy pink tourmaline with slight greenish color at the upper termination.


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Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5503a.jpg]





DZ5504 - Tourmaline
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
small cabinet - 5.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
SOLD

Bi-colored pink and green, doubly terminated, floater tourmaline crystal.


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Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5504a.jpg]





DZ5506 - Polybasite
Chispas Mine, Arzipe, Sonora, Mexico
miniature - 4.6 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
$ 2500.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 1750.00 SOLD

Here we have another favorite for the silver collector. An exceptionally sharp polybasite with tiny stacked calcite crystals from the famous Las Chispas Mine in Mexico.


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Polybasite from Chispas Mine, Arzipe, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ5506a.jpg] Polybasite from Chispas Mine, Arzipe, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/zowater/DZ5506b.jpg]





DZ5507 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 7.4 x 5.6 x 2.7 cm
$ 5500.00 SOLD

In recent years, Round Mountain has been the most prolific producers of fine gold specimens in the world. The variety of habits, crystal forms, and aesthetics is mind boggling. Of the thousands of specimens that came out, only a very small percentage came with matrix. This specmen is a classic quartz/adularia vein with leaf gold at the center. The main leaf is nearly 8 cm tall, has great gold color and good luster. There are small crystal growths along the edges. Specimens like this are rapidly becoming classics due to the fact that the mine stopped producing specimens 3 years ago. It is unlikely any new specimens will see the market.


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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5507a.jpg] Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5507b.jpg] Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5507c.jpg]





DZ5508 - Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
small cabinet - 9.5 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

The most remarkable thing about this specimen is that is 9.5 cm tall and has not been repaired. It is 100% natural with gemmy green color and nice lilac lepidolite at the base.


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Tourmaline from Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ5508a.jpg] Tourmaline from Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/zowater/DZ5508b.jpg]





DZ5601 - Topaz
Mogok, Burma
cabinet - 11.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A long prismatic topaz, well terminated at the upper end, and mostly terminated at the opposite end. It is much more elongate than normal topaz crystals. Inside the crystal there is what appears to be a negative crystal, or fluid inclusion, nearly 6mm long.


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Topaz from Mogok, Burma [db_pics/zowater/DZ5601a.jpg] Topaz from Mogok, Burma [db_pics/zowater/DZ5601b.jpg] Topaz from Mogok, Burma [db_pics/zowater/DZ5601c.jpg]





DZ5602 - Reibeckite on Quartz
St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
small cabinet - 8.4 x 5.2 x 5.1 cm
$ 1500.00 SOLD

I normally think of Reibeckite as a rock forming mineral, but this one is a bonafied specimen. The crystal is 8.3 x 1.6 cm and is actually terminated at one end. It has great provenance, having been in the Barbara Muntyan Collections, and before that in the Clarence Coil Collection.


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Reibeckite on Quartz from St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5602a.jpg] Reibeckite on Quartz from St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5602b.jpg] Reibeckite on Quartz from St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5602c.jpg]





DZ5603 - Chabazite with Calcite on Matrix
West Paterson, New Jersey, USA
cabinet - 10.8 x 10.4 x 7.1 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Nice brown chabazites on calcites from the Traprock deposits of Patterson, New Jersey.


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Chabazite with Calcite on Matrix from West Paterson, New Jersey, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5603a.jpg] Chabazite with Calcite on Matrix from West Paterson, New Jersey, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5603b.jpg] Chabazite with Calcite on Matrix from West Paterson, New Jersey, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5603c.jpg]





DZ5604 - Digenite & Pyrite
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
small cabinet - 8.6 x 8.1 x 4.7 cm
$ 4000.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 2800.00 SOLD

Having started my career with the Anaconda Mining Company (who began mining at Butte in 1869), I consider this to be one of the finest specimens from Don Zowader's collection. It is an exceptionally large diginite crystal in a matrix of pyrite and quartz. The pyrites have an interesting red tarnish on them. This piece has great provenance, having been in the Dick Walker collection, and later purchased by Mike Groben in 1981. Don aquired this specimen as a memento of his dear late friend Mike.


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Digenite & Pyrite from Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5604a.jpg] Digenite & Pyrite from Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5604b.jpg] Digenite & Pyrite from Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5604c.jpg]





DZ5606 - Elbaite with Albite & Muscovite
Tormiq, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
cabinet - 11.6 x 8.2 x 5.7 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

While the label identifies this as schorl with Elbaite, I think it would be more appropriate to call all of these tourmalines elbaite. If you shine a bright light at the large darker tourmalines, you see a green color. In any case, it is a fine example of sharp lustrous tourmalines in a matrix of muscovite books and albite crystals.


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Elbaite with Albite & Muscovite from Tormiq, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ5606a.jpg] Elbaite with Albite & Muscovite from Tormiq, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan [db_pics/zowater/DZ5606b.jpg]





DZ5605 - Topaz on Quartz
Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia
cabinet - 13.8 x 6.9 x 6.4 cm
$ 2500.00 DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 1750.00 SOLD

While the market has seen topaz from the Erongo Mountains recently, there have been very few from Spitzkoppe since the 1980's. This is an exceptionally good example of a single topaz growing on the side of a smoky quartz.


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Topaz on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ5605a.jpg] Topaz on Quartz from Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia [db_pics/zowater/DZ5605b.jpg]





DZ5701 - Almandine Garnet with Muscovite
Springfield, New Hampshire, USA
miniature - 4.6 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

A single euhedral garnet perched on a muscovite book.


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Almandine Garnet with Muscovite from Springfield, New Hampshire, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5701a.jpg] Almandine Garnet with Muscovite from Springfield, New Hampshire, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5701b.jpg] Almandine Garnet with Muscovite from Springfield, New Hampshire, USA [db_pics/zowater/DZ5701c.jpg]





DZ5703 - Realgar
Shimen Mine, Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, Hunan, China
miniature - 4.2 x 3.8 x 2.6
$ AT-AUCTION

Deep red realgars typical of the material that came out in the mid 1990's.


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Realgar from Shimen Mine, Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, Hunan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ5703a.jpg] Realgar from Shimen Mine, Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, Hunan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ5703b.jpg] Realgar from Shimen Mine, Shimen County, Changde Prefecture, Hunan, China [db_pics/zowater/DZ5703c.jpg]





DZ5704 - Bornite pseudo after Chalcocite with Malachite
St. Ives, Cumberland, England, UK
small cabinet - 7.1 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
$ AT-AUCTION

Here is an interesting one from England. The old label states the Bornite has been confirmed by x-ray.


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Bornite pseudo after Chalcocite with Malachite from St. Ives, Cumberland, England, UK [db_pics/zowater/DZ5704a.jpg] Bornite pseudo after Chalcocite with Malachite from St. Ives, Cumberland, England, UK [db_pics/zowater/DZ5704b.jpg] Bornite pseudo after Chalcocite with Malachite from St. Ives, Cumberland, England, UK [db_pics/zowater/DZ5704c.jpg]





DZ5705 - Pyromorphite
Badem, Nassau, Germany
small cabinet - 6.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
$ 1500.00 SOLD

A true German classic: pyromorphite from Badem. This piece is nearly a floater with only a 0.5 cm contact at the base where it came off the matrix.


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Pyromorphite from Badem, Nassau, Germany [db_pics/zowater/DZ5705a.jpg] Pyromorphite from Badem, Nassau, Germany [db_pics/zowater/DZ5705b.jpg] Pyromorphite from Badem, Nassau, Germany [db_pics/zowater/DZ5705c.jpg]


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