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Cassiterite

Ex C. F. Bauersachs, Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
26.50gr
Description

Piece of water-worn massive cassiterite with some imprints of quartz crystals.

Comes with antique label of C. F. Bauersachs.
Christian Friedrich Bauersachs was a teacher of mineralogy at the mining school in Clausthal from 1810 to 1830. For his lessons, he built up a collection according to modern, systematic principles, which in the end contained over 5800 specimens. Each specimen was described in detail and stored in characteristic green cardboard boxes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cassiterite

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

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