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English: Turquoise
Locality: Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell County, Virginia, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm.
Superlative, sparkly, best color, sky-blue turquoise microcrystals richly cover matrix on this stunning thumbnail specimen from the locality with the best turquoise crystals in the world - the Bishop Mine at Lynch Station, Virginia. Discrete, well-formed turquoise crystals are very rare in nature. Classic for the old locality, and seldom seen today. Ex. Irv Brown Collection.
Deutsch: Türkis
Fundort: Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell County, Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 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-216415.html
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Robert M. Lavinsky (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
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Robert Matthew Lavinsky
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 Edit this at Wikidata
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