Cassiterite

$3,000.00 €2,701 £2,330.00 approx.

This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.

ID: CC17422

A large well-formed twinned crystal of Cassiterite measuring overall to nearly 5cm displays a lustrous black colour with thin crystal edges having a translucent rootbeer colour. Crystal faces of the Cassiterite are smooth to deeply striated due to oscillatory growth. A fine large Cassiterite from the Horni Slavkov mining area in the Czech Republic, the specimen comes with an old label.

Details

Dimensions: 4.9 × 4.2 × 4.0 cm
Categories: Oxides and Hydroxides
Locality: Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Minerals on Specimen

Minerals on specimen: Cassiterite

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