| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Cassiterite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 39361 |
| Mineral: | Cassiterite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Tenkerchin (Tenkergin) Mine, Chukotka (Tschukotka), Magadan Oblast, Russia |
| Description: | Undamaged crystal of translucent smoky quartz 10 cm long with many lustrous brown-black cassiterite crystals up to 9 mm across scattered on several faces of the quartz. The small crystals show translucency. One cassiterite crystal is missing on rear. |
| Overall Size: | 11x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-100 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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