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Cassiterite

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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Pingwu Mine, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Brilliant pitch black twinned cassiterite cluster with mirror lustre, perched perfectly on muscovite covered base rock. Classic piece from a Chinese mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

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