Cassiterite

  

  

Cassiterite with fluorite

Origin: Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Ex. Mitch Gunnell and Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 5.1 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm

 

  

  

Origin: Viloco Mine, Loayza Prov., La Paz Dept., Bolivia

Ex. Jack Jago Trelawney, Smithsonian Museum and Gary Hansen collections

Sample size: 5.5 x 5.0 x 2.2 cm

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Cassiterite with minor quartz

Origin: Los Angeles Mine, Yaco, Loayza Prov., La Paz, Bolivia

Ex. Harvard Museum collection

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm

 

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