Lavendulan

TSNB462
Specimen
Pinch, W.W.
Exhibit 1. Lavendulan; 25 mm.
Exhibit 1. Lavendulan; 25 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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Specimen Title

Lavendulan

Associated Minerals

quartz

Principal Mineral

Lavendulan

Size

Thumbnail; 26mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone; 36 Level

Provenance

Pinch, W.W.

Collection

MGMH; 2022.7.679

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB462

Associated Minerals

quartz

Description

A shard of silified dolostone (?) hosts platy crystals of electric-blue lavendulan and poorly developed crusts of an undetermined green mineral. Both sides of the specimen are similarly mineralised.

The specimen is from the collection of Bill Pinch, whose label (Exhibit 2) indicates that the lavendulan (presumably) has been verified by X-ray analysis and that it originated from 36 Level in the second oxidation zone; unfortunately the label provides no information on provenance.