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Cassiterite On Albite & Beryl

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Cassiterite On Albite & Beryl

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Description
Locality: 
Torrington District, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.9 × 2.6 cm
Description

A colourless strangely terminated beryl crystal with the faintest greenish hue in a cluster of albite crystals with a rich dusting of tiny cassiterite crystals and minor mica

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Streak: 
White
Earthstones Australia

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