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Cassiterite & Pseudomalachite

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Cassiterite & Pseudomalachite

Ex Ian Jones Collection

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Description
Locality: 
West Wheal Jewel, St Day, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

A botroidal coating of pseudomalachite to one side of a matrix with quartz crystals and crystals of cassiterite from Cornwall.
 

Matrix: 
Quartz
Pasted Label
Condition
General: 
Locality Specimen
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Provenance
Peter Crozier Minerals