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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Wheal Pendarves, Troon, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

A heavy chunk of almost pure cassiterite with minor quartz and tourmaline. There are several vugs throughout the piece hosting bright, sharp, lustrous crystal of deep brown cassiterite. Very nice example.

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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