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Cassiterite & Goshenite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 7 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
86.00gr
Description

Since the '90s, this locality started to produce fine goshenite-cassiterite-scheelite specimens. For some reason combinations were always exceptionally rare. One could find goshenite on mica, lustrous cassiterite on mica, or attractive orange scheelite, but almost never their combinations. This specimen comes from my collection as a combination of cassiterite and goshenite. The dominating mineral here is cassiterite on the left side of the specimen, associated with tiny clear goshenite crystals. On the backside of the specimen, also fully crystallized by muscovite, there are few microcline crystals. The specimen is a complete floater and stands well in several orientations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

Formula: 
SnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

Goshenite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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