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Arandisite

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Description
Locality: 
Arandis Tin Mine, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm
Description

Arandisite is a very rare tin silicate, or possibly a mixture of silica and tin oxide. It is unique to this Erongo locality.

Lustrous, translucent, bright apple-green arandisite masses are embedded in a quartz matrix. This is a very rich and rare old-time example. Ex. Dr. Maucher and Alex Franz Collections and comes with two old labels from these collections.

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