William Pinch
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William Wallace Pinch is a mineralogist from Rochester, New York
. The Mineralogical Association of Canada has an award named after him, the Pinch Medal, "to recognize major and sustained contributions to the advancement of mineralogy by members of the collector-dealer community."
The Pinch Medal has been awarded to a deserving mineralogist every other year since it was first awarded to Mr. Pinch in 2001, and is given at the Tucson Mineral Show in February.
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. The Mineralogical Association of Canada has an award named after him, the Pinch Medal, "to recognize major and sustained contributions to the advancement of mineralogy by members of the collector-dealer community."
The Pinch Medal has been awarded to a deserving mineralogist every other year since it was first awarded to Mr. Pinch in 2001, and is given at the Tucson Mineral Show in February.