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Cassiterite & Goshenite On Muscovite

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Cassiterite & Goshenite On Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Weilasituo, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Weight: 
29.00gr
Description

Beautiful small jewel from China with an aesthetic association of Cassiterite in perfect shaped big crystals of extreme brightness reunited in an aesthetic aggregates that stand out on the matrix of crystallized yellow Muscovite and Goshenite in some crystals of extraordinary transparency up to 1.5 X 0.8 Cm. Cassiterite crystal measures 1.5 X 0.8 Cm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

Goshenite

Variety Of: 

Beryl

Formula: 
Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Strunz: 
9.CJ.05
Hardness: 
7.5 - 8.0
Hardness: 
0.0

Muscovite

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

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