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Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite from Wheal Unity Wood, St. Day, Cornwall, England

 
Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite from Wheal Unity Wood, St. Day, Cornwall, England

Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite from Wheal Unity Wood, St. Day, Cornwall, England

Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite from Wheal Unity Wood, St. Day, Cornwall, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 41612
Mineral:Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite
Locality:Wheal Unity Wood, St. Day, Cornwall, England
Description:Transparent yellow to brown-black lustrous cassiterite crystals up to 1.5 mm with colorless quartz crystals up to 4 mm and greenish muscovite mica crystals up to 1 mm lining several cavities in matrix. Looks beautiful under magnification! Ex. W.B. Thompson
Overall Size:7x7x4 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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