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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden, Northern Midlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Large brown cassiterite crystals from an abandoned Sn(-W) mine.

Very good specimen for the locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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