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Cassiterite


Cassiterite : SnO2

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Locality: United Downs Mine, United Mines (St Day United Mines), Gwennap - St Day Area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Exceptionally bright casiterite crystals to 5mm, on a bed of small quartz crystals. Ian Jones collection. Collected in 1990 fron the back of a lode on the Poldory section of the mine, when the ground was being cleared for a landfill site.

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