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English: Quartz
Locality: Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: large cabinet, 23 x 15 x 5 cm (9.5 inches tall)
Tourmaline on Quartz
This is , I think, the definition of the word "elegant" in minerals...The piece has surreal aesthetics you just do not expect to occur in nature. They do occur, rarely; but the problem is, they are fragile. This "Rocket Pocket" as some call it was found in pieces, and put back together over several years like a jigsaw puzzle. All large specimens have repairs, most more than a dozen. I do not accept so many repairs, except in special cases: where the overall aesthetic impact is significant enough that the piece warrants it; where the price is adjusted accordingly; and when the overall context of the FIND ITSELF requires repairs to obtain an important display-quality specimen (as in this case). The 2 larger crystals in this 3-crystal cluster measure 15 and 14 cm in length, and BOTH ARE TERMINATED! In fact, the crossbar crystal, at 15 cm, is DOUBLY-TERMINATED. The 6cm, thin crystal you see at the junction has a termination that sticks out the back of the piece, and is thus also doubly-terminated. The upright vertical strut rises from a quartz crystal, which is an unlikely but extremely nice pedestal for the cluster. This one has only 4 clean repairs and a fifth repair on the midpoint which has a small bit of color-matched epoxy fill in the gap. All are well done and do NOT detract visually. You have to look really hard, with a close-up penlight held at a diagonal, to see 4 of the repairs. The fifth is not obvious, in any case, on first glance. Comes with custom engraved lucite base, for easy display. All I can say is, BETTER IN PERSON.
Deutsch: Quarz
Fundort: Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brasilien (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 23 x 15 x 5 cm (9.5 inches tall)
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/pics/vlt-9d.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Quartz&page=359
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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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creator QS:P170,Q56247090
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