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Cassiterite

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Cassiterite

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Description
Locality: 
Lutsiro, Sebeya River, Kabaya District, Western Province, Rwanda
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Bright  black-brown  translucent and well-terminated single crystal of cassiterite.

Old-time specimen from the collection of J.Detaille, a Belgian colonist in Rwanda.

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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