Reinerite (w. leiteite)

TSNB598
Specimen
Pinch, W.W.
Exhibit 1. Reinerite (w. leiteite); 30 mm.
Exhibit 1. Reinerite (w. leiteite); 30 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Specimen Title

Reinerite (w. leiteite)

Associated Minerals

leiteite

Principal Mineral

Reinerite

Size

Miniature; 30mm

Location in the Mine

Third oxidation zone; 44 Level; Zinc Pocket

Provenance

Pinch, W.W.

Collection

MGMH; 2020.7.691

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB598

Description

Anidiomorphic crystals of sea-green reinerite, intergrown with platy crystals of colourless-white leiteite on a grey, siliceous matrix.

This specimen, from the Pinch Collection, was collected in 1991 from the so-called Zinc Pocket on 44 Level in the third oxidation zone. Pinch's label records the 44 Level location but has no other information on provenance.