Cassiterite

Item number: MINS4616

Price: EUR 27.00 

Single prismatic, black and brown colored crystal of cassiterite. The tan crust on the surface of the cassiterite may be possibly scheelite. The size of the crystal is 2,3 x 1,6 x 1,5 cm.  Cassiterite from this deposit is fairly rare on the market.  This specimen is from old finds and it was brought to market more than twenty years ago.

Format 70 (the sample fits or fills up the box of 37x37x18 mm. Sample might be little higher)
Size 23x23x15 mm
Crystal size (max.) 23 mm
Weight 27,9 g.
Locality Tenkergin Mine, Iul'tinskiy Mining Complex, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Accessory mineral(s) Scheelite ?

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