AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Germany > Cassiterite (twinned crystals) on Talc with minor Fluorite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75308 |
Mineral: | Cassiterite (twinned crystals) on Talc with minor Fluorite |
Locality: | Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany |
Description: | Lustrous black cassiterite crystals to 8 mm on matrix of yellow micaceous talc intermixed with purple fluorite. The cassiterite crystals are contact twinned on {101} with distinct reentrant crystal faces defining the twin plane. Ex. W. Keller #384, acquired in 1991 from Tom Moore |
Overall Size: | 28x22x22 mm |
Crystals: | 3-8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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