Cassiterite w/ Limonite & Quartz
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Cassiterite w/ Limonite & Quartz
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 8 x 6 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- SnO2 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Excepcion mine, Poopo prov., Oruro dept., Bolivia
- Tagged
- tin
Chocolate brown 1mm crystals embedded in matrix with Limonite.
Tin is promarily used in the manufacture of cans and containers and also used extensively in construction, transportation, and electrical applications. Although tin is used in many applications, substitutes are widely used and include glass, aluminum, paper, and plastic.
Cassiterite
- Formula
- SnO2
- Crystal System
- Tetragonal
- Crystal Habit
- Prismatic, Massive, Botryoidal
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Indistinct, None
- Luster
- Adamantine
- Color
- brown, brownish black, colorless, green, gray
- Streak
- brownish white
- Class
- Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Irregular
- Hardness
- 6-7
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
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