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English: Wulfenite
Locality: Onderra Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: small cabinet, 7.7 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm
Wulfenite
This is a massive, heavy wulfenite specimen with huge, thick bipyramidal (unusual!!) crystals to 6 cm across! Here is a real rarity for the locality, in any size. And yet, beyond that, its HUGE. This is a piece from the Charlie Key collection, found about 3 years ago (2007-2008) in exploratory mining at this prospect (others in a recent update I made on this site were found more recently). It would be important from ANY locale. From here, its simply off the books and a shock to see. Despite its size, it is nearly pristine on the display face (just a few minor bruises, hard to spot). It is not complete on the backside, but is complete on 3 sides otherwise. This piece displays well either horizontally or vertically. Note also that this is a fairly rare habit for wulfenite, in bipyramidal crystals. So far as I know, this would be among the largest, if not the largest, bipyramidal wulfenite crystal out there. Most I have seen of this habit are 1-2 cm in size, max. This was found 3 years ago, and is from the collection of noted dealer and miner, Charlie Key, also then in the Marshall Sussman collection til now
Deutsch: Wulfenit
Fundort: Onderra Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene , Namibia (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 7.7 x 5.6 x 4.8 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/new2010/tuc1067c.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Wulfenite&page=53
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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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