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Cassiterite Var Needle Tin

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Cassiterite Var Needle Tin

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Kitty, St Agnes, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Small, but very nice cluster of gemmy brown, elongated prisms of cassiterite.

Also known as 'Needle Tin'.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Needle Tin

Variety Of: 

Cassiterite

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