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Beryl Var Goshenite With Cassiterite

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Beryl Var Goshenite With Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.00cm
Weight: 
308.00gr
Description

Elongated group of clear/pale bluecrystals with minor muscovite

A small group of cassiterite crystals is perched on one end of the group

From the famous Sichuan beryl/scheelite deposits

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White

Goshenite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Cassiterite

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

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