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Cassiterite On Muscovite

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Cassiterite On Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 10.2 × 7 cm
Description

Wonderful shapely, lustrous black crystals on muscovite.

The cassiterite aggregate is about 7.5x6.0cm and in a perfect quality all around at the bottom.

But the top shows some cotacts as you can see!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White