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Cassiterite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Weilasituo, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Lustrous black cassiterite crystals on grey muscovite blades

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

Formula: 
SnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White