Lustrous Cassiterite on Matrix

Lustrous Cassiterite on Matrix from Pingwu Mine, Huya, Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

Exceptional Cassiterite with deeply etched faces on a white contrasting Muscovite matrix. This specimen was photographed by Hershel Friedman in Rob Lavinsky's special exhibit of Chinese Minerals in the Flandrau Science Center in the University of Arizona, in Tucson 2013.

Locality

Pingwu Mine, Huya, Mt. Xuebaoding, Sichuan Province, China

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