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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Tinaroo Mine, Tinaroo Falls, Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.6 × 3.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

An open vug mouth in quartz is studded with bright lustrous cassiterite crystals to around 8mm across.

Nice old time Australian locality and specimen.

Christian Rewitzer is away for a few weeks.

Invoicing and despatch of this item will be completed by Thames Valley Minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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