Bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz)

TSNB397
Specimen
Gartrell, B.Innes, J.Pinch, W.W.
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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Specimen Title

Bayldonite (w. hematite and quartz)

Associated Minerals

hematite; quartz

Principal Mineral

Bayldonite

Size

Thumbnail; 29mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone; 35 Level; North East Stope

Provenance

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

Collection

MGMH; 2020.7.2002

Collected by

John Innes; 1980

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB397

Associated Minerals

hematite; quartz

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 This specimen is number JI-78 in the unpublished catalogue of the Innes Collection prepared by Ernie Nickel, and number 11768 in the Gartrell Collection.