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Cassiterite var. Wood Tin

#DH34769

Cassiterite var. Wood Tin

#DH34769
Availability
Sold
Size
Chip < 1cm 
Formula
SnO2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Basin Creek, Jefferson Co., Montana, United States

Four pieces of brown to red-brown, slightly worn pieces of Cassiterite var. Wood Tin that actually do look similar to small pieces of wood. Pieces <1cm to 1.5cm.

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
Hess Collection

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