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English: Mimetite
Locality: San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: cabinet, 14.5 x 7 x 6 cm
Mimetite
Here you have a dramatic, large, 3-dimensional specimen from a very rare and old find - literally a vertical tower of light gossan matrix completely smothered by sparkling balls of botryoidal mimetite. The color is a saturated yellow, nearly the best you can get for the locality and far more desirable than orange-yellow hues. It is brilliantly sparkling in light, and colorful and complete all around 360 degrees. In fact, this is one of the finer large mimetites from this find I have seen survive to this day, 40 years later. It would, to my eye, rank even higher than the well known pieces in the Romero Mexican collection, which I recently handled. The color is a very intense orangey-yellow hue. ALL such mimetites as this were collected in a single large find in end of 1968 and start of 1969 by Benny Fenn (right before the Tucson show of that year!), from a one-time pocket at a small prospect. It was literally a small prospect, not even a developing mine, and it never panned out or produced more specimens again. Despite attempts to find another mimetite pocket, no more ever came out after one release in 1969 , which was sold off at the Tucson show of that year. These remain unique in the world for their overall aspect; and large, colorful pieces like this are treasured by those who have them. Even at the time, this would have been considered exceptional for its size and all-around aesthetics. The color grade on this is very high, making it a choice specimen even among those of us who have seen many over the years.
Deutsch: Mimetesit
Fundort: San Pedro Corralitos, Municipio de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua , Mexiko (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 14.5 x 7 x 6 cm
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source Image: http://www.irocks.com/db_pics/new09mix/ed15d.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Mimetite&page=28
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Robert M. Lavinsky  (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
Alternative names
Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
iRocks.com (Mineralogical Record)
Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus
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creator QS:P170,Q56247090
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