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Cassiterite & Quartz

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Cassiterite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Grupo Porvenir Mines, Canutillos, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Typical specimen of cassiterite crystals, some of which are twinned, associated with quartz.  Collected in 1970.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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