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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Elsmore, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.6 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Highly lustrous opaque black cassiterite crystals with minor quartz crystals on quartz matrix from this well known district. The specimen sits well and the crystals are sharp and free of damage. They are found both as individual crystals and as interlocking groups. Very nice.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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