AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Cassiterite on Beryl var. Aquamarine and Muscovite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 70231 |
Mineral: | Cassiterite on Beryl var. Aquamarine and Muscovite |
Locality: | Xuebaoding Mountain near Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China |
Description: | Lustrous black contact-twinned cassiterite crystals to 17 mm nestled between lustrous transparent tabular hexagonal aquamarine crystals, the blue gem variety of beryl, to 40 mm on platy brown muscovite mica crystals to 9 mm. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x4.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 4-40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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