mineral general info

Cassiterite

Origin: Cornwall, England

Sample size: 4.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm

Origin: Sierra County, New Mexico

Sample size: 7 x 4.6 x 1.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Origin: Elsmore, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

Ex. Tom Dwyer coll.

Sample size: 25 x 18 x 31 mm

Cassiterite on muscovite

Origin: Zinnwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 4.5 x 6 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Ximong, Yunnan Province, China

Sample size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

Origin: Xue Bao Diang Mountains, north of Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China

Sample size: 9 x 10 x 20 mm (top), 12 x 13 x 25 mm (bottom)

Cassiterite with quartz

Origin: Guangxi Province, China

Sample size: 10.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich