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Cassiterite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Penouta Mines, Viana do Bolo, Orense, Galicia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
17.00gr
Description

Very nice and aesthetic specimen of cassiterite crystals, lustrous, striated, deep black very aerial disposed on a schist matrix with muscovite plates. This excellent piece is from a classic Spanish locality for 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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