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Cassiterite on Quartz

#64769

Cassiterite on Quartz

#64769
Availability
Sold
Size
6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
SnO2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Plateau Province, Nigeria
Tagged
tin

Crude pseudo-octahedral crystals to from 5 to 10mm.

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.

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