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English: Beryl
Locality: Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: cabinet, 11.7 x 9.7 x 4.4 cm
Morganite
At 671 grams, this translucent, very richly-colored pink morganite is certainly among the larger single morganite crystals to come from the county as a whole. It is visually impressive, and very colorful for a morganite from any US locale, for that matter. It is a floater, completely terminated on much of the backside if admittedly rough in texture there. What is more important than the size and obvious color appeal is to realize that it is a very rare survivor from the era in which morganite was named in honor of his patron J.P. Morgan, by the great gemologist Kunz. He was at the time working for Tiffany on location in San Diego, and buying up the various gem crystals produced by the Himalaya. Bill Larson thinks this came out prior to 1910. It was one of two famous specimens bequeathed to Cal Tech by the wealthy collector and industrialist T.W. Warner, Jr. from his personal collection (regarded at the time as the single most significant San Diego collection assembled in the era). Bill Larson had told me that although he knew of one better, and a rumor of another, this was always the best Himalaya mine morganite he could go after and in the end, obtained it by exchange. He regarded it as a core specimen in the collection, not just for the color, but even more for its historic import to the mine and the species. Ex. William Larson, California Institute of Technology, and Warner Collections.
Deutsch: Beryll
Fundort: Himalaya Mine (Himalaya pegmatite; Himalaya dikes), Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 11.7 x 9.7 x 4.4 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/pala04b.jpg, Description: http://www.mindat.org/photo-249665.html
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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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