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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 58783 |
| Mineral: | Cassiterite with Quartz |
| Locality: | Tenkergin Mine, Iul'tinskiy Complex, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
| Description: | Lustrous black cassiterite crystals to 11 mm surrounding a 15 mm transparent smoky quartz crystal. The cassiterite crystals have striated prism faces and complex terminations composed of many parallel crystal faces indicating they are twinned crystals. |
| Overall Size: | 25x22x18 mm |
| Crystals: | 4-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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