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Cassiterite & Muscovite

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Cassiterite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Merekski District, Bureya Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

A cluster of lustrous brown cassiterite crystals on grey muscovite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White