Cassiterite

  
Cassiterite with quartz
Origin: Ximeng, Yunnan Prov, China
Sample size: 2.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Araca, Bolivia
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
 
Origin: Inverell, New South Wales, Aaustralia
Sample size: 1.6 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
 
Origin: Cornwall, England
Sample size: 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
 
Origin: Consolidated Mine, Ancona, near Sorata, Bolivia
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Dan Gurgu, Northern Nigeria
Sample size: 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
 
  
Cassiterite twin
Origin: Bisesero, Rwanda
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm
 
  
  
Cassiterite with siderite and quartz
  
  
Cassiterite with twins on quartz
Origin: Viloco, Loyaza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 8.5 x 4.7 x 4 cm
 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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