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Wood Tin

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Description
Locality: 
Garth Mine, Sancreed, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7 × 2 cm
Description

Specimen from the Garth Mine which has been cut and polished on three sides to reveal quartz crystals overlain with black to brown wood tin, two sides are left natural.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wood Tin

Variety Of: 

Cassiterite

Formula: 
SnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0