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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Thin speck of grey matrix featuring very lustrous dark brown cassiterite sharing an open drusy with pale brown mica. It does look like an open vein specimen, which I had to downsize due to the excess matrix (which is really hard).

Exceptional lustre and quality for the cassiterite.

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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