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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Lutsiro, Sebeya River, Kabaya District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

Dark brown to black prismatic terminated crystal of cassiterite with good lustre and definition of faces. Minor chippings are present but it is a representative example of this remote locality. The specimen was collected by the Jacques Deblandre in 1966, who was the son a Belgian colonist to Rwanda untill mid 70’s.

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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