
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Image Credit: MGMH Archive

Image Credit: MGMH Archive



Specimen Title
Beudantite
Associated Minerals
hematite; quartz
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 55mm
Location in the Mine
Second oxidation zone; 36 Level; West 12
Provenance
Pieters, S.; Pinch, W.W.; Feinglos, M.N.
Collection
MGMH; 2022.4.1449D
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB656
Associated Minerals
hematite; quartz
Description
Nodular aggregates (to 6 mm) of platy, peudo-hexagonal crystals of beudantite (to 3 mm) on a red, earthy matrix of quartz and hematite.
Mark Feinglos acquired the specimen from Bill Pinch in 1986 who had purchased it from Namibian dealer Sid Pieters (Exhibit 2). Pinch’s label (Exhibit 3) attributes the specimen to 36 Level, West 12 in the second oxidation zone.