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Cassiterite

Ex A. A. Damour, ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Liziec River Gravels, Sulniac, Questembert, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.70cm
Description

Set of 3 single, more or less weathered cassiterite crystals, found at the coast of Siriac, Brittany. A 19th century specimen, comes with original hand-written label of A. A. Damour (1808-1902), a well-known french mineralogist. His personal mineral collection was sold to F. Krantz (who was in charge of the Krantz mineral dealership between 1891 and 1926),
Weight: 36 grams

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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