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English: Purpurite
Locality: Sandamab pegmatite (Sandamap pegmatite), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 5.4 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm.
Purpurite is the very rare phosphate of manganese, with specimens usually coming from the manganese-rich area of Southwest Africa. It is prized for both its rarity and its intense purple color. There is iridescent purpurite on both sides of this rich specimen! It came out of the Carlton Davis collection.
Deutsch: Purpurit
Fundort: Sandamab pegmatite (Sandamap pegmatite), Usakos, Distrikt Karibib, Erongo, Namibia (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 5.4 x 4.6 x 1.9 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-137452.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
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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