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English: Smithsonite
Locality: Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: cabinet, 23.5 x 15.2 x 12.8 cm (11 inches across)
Smithsonite (2 generations)
WOW. I have simply never seen such a large Kelly Mine piece, preserved! And it is not only preserved , but its GOOD as well. The piece is complete all around, 360 degrees, and is a wonderful, classic blue color. It consists of two generations: the underlaying and more common botryoidal, rounded smithsonite; and a thin layer atop of actual CRYSTALS, rare from the locality. We call these "rice grain" smithsonites, as they are somewhat rounded, but this is what you get here, rarely, and there is more crystallized smithsonite on this specimen than I have seen on all others combined, passing through my hands over the years. This is from the personal collection of dealer WM Greiger, which was purchased recently by Pala Intl. It was likely obtained in the 1950s-1960s by him though mined probably even earlier as the richness is amazing and unlike later pockets hit here; and I regard it as a highly, HIGHLY significant US classic.
Deutsch: Smithsonit
Fundort: Kelly Mine, Distrikt Magdalena, Socorro County, New Mexico, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 23.5 x 15.2 x 12.8 cm (11 inches across)
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/pics/den07-05a.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Smithsonite&page=2
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Robert M. Lavinsky  (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
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Robert Matthew Lavinsky; Lavinsky, Robert M.; Lavinsky R M
Description American mineral collector and mineral dealer
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Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus Edit this at Wikidata
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