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Cassiterite On Quartz

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Cassiterite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

A fine thumbnail cassiterite crystal on a shard of quartz., The cassiterite is lustrous black , elongated and a sharp pyramidal termination. Numerous thorn like small crystals radiate from the main crystal giving it a rough looking surface.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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