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Cassiterite Siderite & Quartz

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Cassiterite Siderite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Sharp, highly lustrous, gemmy cassiterite cyclic-twinned crystals with small gem siderite discs and small quartz crystals. Very good thumbnail!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

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