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Cassiterite In Quartz

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Cassiterite In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Lindsay Mine, Tullah, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

A single clear quartz, gemmy and sharp, it has a dark smoky caste with an almost black termination,

This smokyness to the quartz is actually due to cassiterite inclusions with some cassiterite especially at the base being exposed on the surface.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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