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Wood Tin

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Description
Locality: 
Garth Mine, Sancreed, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Specimen from the Garth Mine which has been cut and polished on both sides to reveal quartz crystals overlain with black to brown wood tin.

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