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English: Grossular (Var.: Hessonite)
Locality: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 4.5 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm.
Grossular from Eden Mills is the standard to which other US localities must be compared. They have a richer, redder red color saturation than material from Canada, and are quite distinct. Vesper Peak garnets have too dark a color in comparison - these are "just right" and not too dark, not too light. The brilliance and sharpness of these garnets is such that the piece looks carved...you can see, the photograph makes them look a little bit airbrushed, but this is not the case. They really are that sharp and symmetric. This specimen is unusual in the consistent color quality across the whole piece, the size of the crystals (to 1.8 cm), and in the fact that it is nearly a complete floater with no damage and only a small point of attachment on the lower backside. Tiny druses of quartz accent the 3-dimensionality of this piece, as well. It is, overall, a full-sized miniature. This specimen was collected by Ken Hollman in 1969. For those who did not know him, Ken assembled one of the largest and most important collections of classic Eastern US material, and had excellent taste. He also was a consummate field collector and a particular expert on this locality. This was his favorite garnet specimen, out of the many he collected in his lifetime, as related to me by his friend Phil Scalisi (who owned the specimen until recently). Scalisi's label accompanies the specimen and relates that Hollman considered this "his very favorite Eden Mills piece. I exchanged it from Ken for several of my best Chessy Azurites."...and those were valuable pieces, I can say, having seen Hollman's extensive and important Chessy suite at one time. The specimen remained in Scalisi's collection for several decades, until its recent sale. Photo by Joe Budd.
Deutsch: Grossular (Var.: Hessonit)
Fundort: Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group mine; VAG mine; Ruberoid Asbestos mine; Eden Mills quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 4.5 x 2.9 x 2.1 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-271374.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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