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English: Pyrargyrite
Locality: Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm.
A small but superbly crystallized thumbnail mass of pyrargyrite crystals. The dominating 8 mm crystal is stunning. This is an excellent example of translucent gem-red pyrargyrite from one of the more rare and hard to get locales, in an old silver-mining district of Bolivia - Colquechaca. Note: A Bolivian pyrargyrite is much more uncommon and likely to be older as well, than seemingly similar material from Mexico. These specimens turn up only rarely and from very old collections. I believe they were collected prior to the 1940s, and some would date back far earlier still to the late 1800s (as I have seen them turn up in some very old collections such as G.J. Brush’s at Yale). This beautiful specimen has great metallic, glassy lustre and intense color when backlit. Ex. Tarnowski Collection.
Deutsch: Pyrargyrit
Fundort: Colquechaca, Chayanta, Potosí , Bolivien (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm.
Date before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-242661.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
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Date of birth 13 December 1972 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Columbus
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