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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Aug 19, 2011 11:30 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (30) / Betpakdalite with Scorodite |
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Another overwhelming Betpakdalite xls with Scorodite xls from Tsumeb (to see the other one -> https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=18557#18557 )
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Betpakdalite (canary yellow) with Scorodite and Quartz
Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: Miniature
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project |
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B. Chandrasekhar
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| Posted: Aug 20, 2011 12:21 Post subject: Re: The Bill Pinch collection |
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| I think that has to be the most beautiful specimen yet on this thread. Shame about the hideous brown background to the photo.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 20, 2011 15:26 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (31) / Ferberite |
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Very sharp Ferberite from China
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Ferberite with Arsenopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Specimen Size: Cabinet
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2011 03:38 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (32) / Scorodite |
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Astounding!
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Scorodite xls with Quartz xls
Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: Cabinet - 3.9 cm. high
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Debbie Woolf
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2011 04:13 Post subject: Re: The Bill Pinch collection |
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| WoW !!
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Susan Robinson
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2011 09:56 Post subject: Re: The Bill Pinch collection |
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My husband and i have just returned from seeing the new mineral gallery at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Many of Bill's minerals that were in his former collection are on display, and the nambulite from Tsumeb is still spectacular. Seeing many minerals that George and I had in our personal collection or had collected in the field was like visiting old friends.
The gallery there is very well done, and the minerals are displayed according to the environment they formed in. It's very educational and the covellite from Butte, MT, still has to rank as one of the world's finest examples of that species.
Susan Robinson
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Debbie Woolf
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2011 17:21 Post subject: Re: The Bill Pinch collection |
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| Susan Robinson wrote: |
and the nambulite from Tsumeb is still spectacular.
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Just to clarify Nambulite is from the Kombat mine, not Tsumeb.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2011 14:53 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (33) / Fleischerite |
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From Tsumeb a fine Fleischerite, a mineral species named for Michael Fleischer (1908-1998), mineralogist and geochemist author of the well known and well used book "Glossary of Mineral Species"
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Fleischerite xls with Cerussite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: 1.6 cm wide
Part of type
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 26, 2011 14:52 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (34) / Plumbotsumite with Alamosite |
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Two rarities from Tsumeb in the same specimen
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Plumbotsumite xls with Alamosite xl
Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: Miniature
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 27, 2011 12:00 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (35) / Apophyllite-(KF) on Quartz |
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Something "easy" from China to change a little bit ;-)
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Apophyllite-(KF) xl on Quartz xl
Fengjiashan Mine, Edong Mining District, Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Specimen size: Cabinet
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2011 05:22 Post subject: Re: The Bill Pinch collection |
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| It is amazing to see how many rare species Bill Pinch assembled in his magnificent collection. I must confess, even after 20 years of collecting minerals, that i have never heard of things like betpakdalite, warikahnite, stibioclaudetite, pääkkönenite, brunogeierite, wilhelmkleinite, gerdtremmelite (though the last three sound somewhat German ;-)) and many others of them. Feels like being a newbie in the mineral world ;-)
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 28, 2011 12:13 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (36) / Ekatite |
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| Tobias Martin wrote: |
It is amazing to see how many rare species Bill Pinch assembled in his magnificent collection...
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Yes it is. Another good example is this so rare Ekatite from Tsumeb.
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Ekatite xls
Tsumeb, Namibia
Specimen size: 15 mm.
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
Photo: Jeff Scovil & The RRUFF Project |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 08, 2011 14:55 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (37) / Dioptase |
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Colorful from Tsumeb
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Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Specimen size: Cabinet
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 11, 2011 10:38 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (38) / Ludlockite |
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A fine Ludlockite from Tsumeb
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Ludlockite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Size: Cabinet
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Sep 13, 2011 14:11 Post subject: The Bill Pinch collection - (39) / Kegelite |
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A nice rarity from Tsumeb
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Kegelite with Mimetite
Tsumeb, Namibia
Analyzed by Raman spectroscopy standard
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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Kegelite close up
Tsumeb, Namibia
Specimen: William Pinch Collection
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