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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Beautuful sharp and high lustrous cassiterite crystals on typical matrix.

Very attractive specimen from 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