warikahnite (w. quartz)

TSNB405

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Warikahnite (w. quartz); 49 mm.
Exhibit 1. Warikahnite (w. quartz); 49 mm.
Image Credit: John Schneider
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (Bill Pinch).
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (Bill Pinch).
Image Credit: John Schneider
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Title

warikahnite (w. quartz)

Principal Mineral

Warikahnite

Size

Miniature; 49mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone; 31 Level; Zero Stope

Collection

Private Collection (not assigned)

Collected by

Hannes Schoombie; 1984

Provenance

Queit, C.S.; Pinch, W.W.

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB405

Description

Sheaves of translucent yellow-orange warikhanite crystals (to 30 mm) associated with quartz.

Former owner Bill Pinch purchased the specimen from South African dealer Clive Queit in 2005 "…for more than I had paid for our first house" (Pinch 2005). It is considered the finest (and largest) of about five small specimens recovered from a pocket in Zero Stope on 31 Level, by TCL miner Hannes Schoombie. Exhibit 2 shows Pinch's specimen label.

Associated Minerals

quartz