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Description
English: Penroseite
Locality: Virgen de Surumi mine (Pacajake mine; Pakajake mine), Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: 4.9 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm.
Penroseite is a very rare nickel, cobalt, copper selenide and this rich and fine specimen is from the Type Locality - the Virgen de Surumi Mine of Bolivia. The famous selenium minerals from this locality have often been falsely attributed to the Hiaco mine (2km west, on the opposite flank of Pakajake canyon) or to the Colquechaca mine (28km southwest), but neither of those mines yields any selenium minerals at all. Silvery, metallic, parallel-growth blades of penroseite comprise nearly all of this very rich specimen. Accompanied by a 1950s era, faded Burminco label that has a penciled-in, August, 1951 date. Ex. Mullane Collection. Weighs 60 grams.
Deutsch: Penroseit
Fundort: Virgen de Surumi mine (Pacajake mine; Pakajake mine), Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon), Chayanta, Potosí , Bolivien (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 4.9 x 2.4 x 1.8 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-217412.html
Author
Robert M. Lavinsky (1972)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
Alternative names
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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