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English: Orpiment
Locality: Zareh Shuran Mine (Zarshuran Mine; Zarshouran Mine; Zarehehuran), Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azarbaijan Province, Iran (Locality at mindat.org)
Size: cabinet, 10.5 x 7.1 x 4.9 cm
Daliranite (new species) with Orpiment
Daliranite occurs as hair-like xls, in appearance similar to ludlockite. This beautiful new species is a new sulfosalt from the Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Iran, published in late 2009. Only a small number of these pieces were recovered and then studied. This is one of the largest extant specimens and is co-type material, which I obtained by exchange from the collection of Dr. Werner Paar of the University of Salzburg. Dr. Paar is lead author on the publication of the species (Mineralogical Magazine, Oct. 2009, vol. 73 #5.) Daliranite occurs as very rich orange-red crystals, eye visible but sub-mm in size, easily seen on this contrasting matrix specimen of quartz. It is associated with orpiment and other related species (he has identified both galkhaite and cinnabar as present on this piece). This specimen is a large, display-worthy piece that could EASILY be trimmed into 2 very fine but smaller display-quality samples, and perhaps yielding lesser reference specimens as well. The orpiment veins and crystals make this an attractive piece, overall. These specimens were found in 1998-2002 and studied only later, in Germany. Return trips by the authors in 2005 , to the dumps, were unsuccessful at finding more daliranite and it remains today a fairly rare species, thus. Originally, and erroneously, reported as ludlockite from Zarehehuran, Takap, Takht-e-Suleiman massif, Azerbaijan. Apparently, it was rather difficult to analyse and presented a fair challenge to the crystallographers. TYPE AND ONLY LOCALITY MATERIAL. COTYPE MATERIAL.
Deutsch: Auripigment
Fundort: Saragossa, Takab (Takan Tepe), West-Aserbaidschan, Iran (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 10.5 x 7.1 x 4.9 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/new2010/tuc1040a.jpg, Description: http://www.irocks.com/render.html?species=Orpiment&page=6
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Robert M. Lavinsky (1972–)  wikidata:Q56247090
 
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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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