Cassiterite

  
Cassiterite with arsenopyrite
Origin: Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 6.3 x 3.7 x 3.8 cm
 
  
  
Cassiterite with muscovite
Origin: Xue Bao Diang Mtn., Sichuan, China
Sample size: 8.4 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Zinnwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 14 x 8 x 25 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Twinned cassiterite
  
 
  
 
  
Cassiterite with quartz
Origin: Ximeng, Yunnan Province, China
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm (2nd/3rd row), 4.5 x 3.3 x 2 cm (4th/5th row), 3.6 x 3 x 2.5 cm (6th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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