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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Alwa Tin Mine, Walwa, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 4.4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.70cm
Description

A rather unusual cassiterite crystal from an even more unusual location; Walwa in Victoria.

This cassiterite consists of a terminated bar of cassiterite partly exposed in a white micaceous matrix. A number of smaller crystals are also to be found on this specimen

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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