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Siderite Cassiterite & Quartz

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Siderite Cassiterite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
18.00gr
Description

An unusual specimen from a seldom offered Cornish locality displaying rounded groups of siderite crystals with an attractive metallic blue iridescence associated with white quartz crystals and small brown cassiterite crystals described as 'sparable tin' on the label.

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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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