AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Stannite and Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 69213 |
Mineral: | Stannite and Quartz |
Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China |
Description: | Unusually large specimen of lustrous greenish-black metallic stannite crystals to 10 mm in compound aggregates to 30 mm across of subparallel crystals with lustrous translucent gray quartz crystals to 40 mm with cubic gray fluorite crystals to 8 mm. Ex. Georg Gebhard. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1 |
Overall Size: | 12x8x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-40 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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