schneiderhöhnite

TSNB599

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Schneiderhöhnite; 35 mm.
Exhibit 1. Schneiderhöhnite; 35 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (Bill Pinch).
Exhibit 2. Specimen label (Bill Pinch).
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 3. Specimen label (John Innes).
Exhibit 3. Specimen label (John Innes).
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Title

schneiderhöhnite

Principal Mineral

Schneiderhöhnite

Size

Miniature; 35mm

Location in the Mine

Second oxidation zone; 32 Level; West 40

Collection

MGMH 2020.7.694

Collected by

John Innes; July 20, 1983

Provenance

Innes, J.; Pinch, W.W.

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB599

Description

A loose intergrowth of lustrous, dark gunmetal-grey schneiderhohnite crystals (to 15 mm), with a little hematite, on a shard of sulphide matrix.

The specimen is from the Pinch Collection (Exhibit 2) and was collected by Tsumeb Corporation mineralogist John Innes on July 20, 1983. Innes' handwritten label (Exhibit 3) indicates that it is from the West 40 Stope on 32 Level in the second oxidation zone.

The MGMH collection includes another specimen from this occurrence; compare with TSNB600.

Associated Minerals

hematite