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Cassiterite On Quartz

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Cassiterite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 8.3 × 3.5 cm
Description

lusterous black cassiterite crystals peppered the sides of an asethetic quartz group. The individual quartz crystals show the early stages of septres forming.

There are also a number of small cassiterite included in the quartz crystals indicating more than one growth generation.

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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