bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz)

TSNB397

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz); 29 mm.
Exhibit 1. Bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz); 29 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (John Innes).
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (John Innes).
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Title

bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz)

Principal Mineral

Bayldonite

Size

Thumbnail; 29mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone; 35 Level; North East Stope

Collection

MGMH 2020.7.2002

Collected by

John Innes; 1980

Provenance

Innes, J.; Gartrell, B.; Pinch, W.W.

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB397

Description

Aggregates of platy, emerald-green crystals of bayldonite (to 1.5 mm) associated with hematite-coated quartz crystals. The specimen was formerly in the collections of Bill Pinch, Blair Gartrell and Tsumeb Corporation Ltd mineralogist John Innes. It is accompanied by Innes' handwritten label (Exhibit 2) indicating that he collected it from the North East Stope on 35 Level in 1981. This specimen is number JI-78 in the unpublished catalogue of the Innes Collection prepared by Ernie Nickel, and number 11768 in the Gartrell Collection.

Associated Minerals

hematite; quartz