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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Old cassiterite specimen from a calssic and very famous German locale.

Sharp darkbrown cassiterite crystals on a typical mica matrix.

Ex Armin Wendland collection.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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