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Description
English: Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite, Zincite
Locality: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: cabinet, 9 x 9 x 8 cm
Franklinite in Willemite, Zincite, and Calcite
An exceptionally dramatic piece with a stark 4 cm franklinite just sitting nicely in matrix of zincite, willemite, and calcite. The crystal is remarkably free of cracking, which happens often in larger crystals; and also free of shoe polish and glue fill in said cracks - a more frequent occurence than we specimen collectors like to admit. But, in the old days, it was almost a tradition to fake and build up broken franklinite crystals in matrix! Luckily, this one survived and was never played with. It probably dates to older workings in the late 1800s to early 1900s, and is not recently found.
Deutsch: Calcit, Franklinit, Willemit, Zinkit
Fundort: Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 9 x 9 x 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/pics/03edd37ab.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Zincite&page=0
Author
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 Edit this at Wikidata
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