Reinerite (w. legrandite and leiteite)

TSNB639
Specimen
Pinch, W.W.
Exhibit 1. Reinerite (w. legrandite and leiteite); 42 mm.
Exhibit 1. Reinerite (w. legrandite and leiteite); 42 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 3. 12 mm field of view.
Exhibit 3. 12 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Specimen Title

Reinerite (w. legrandite and leiteite)

Associated Minerals

legrandite; leiteite

Principal Mineral

Reinerite

Size

Miniature; 42mm

Location in the Mine

Third oxidation zone; 44 Level; Zinc Pocket

Provenance

Pinch, W.W.

Collection

MGMH; 2020.7.692

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB639

Description

A crystal of translucent silver-white leiteite partly enclosing a transparent very pale yellow-green crystal of reinerite (6 mm) and a few incomplete crystals of bright orange legrandite. The reinerite is inconspicuous against the leiteite (exhibits 2 and 3).

The specimen was formerly in the Bill Pinch collection; his label notes that the specimen has been analysed by XRD and attributes it to 44 Level in the third oxidation zone.