Cassiterite on Muscovite ex Spence coll.

Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Miniature, 4.0 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 07/03/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/13/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Perched nicely on a bit of muscovite matrix is a lustrous, fan-shaped cluster of black cassiterite, measuring 3.3 cm acoss. An older specimen from this now-famous find, it is actually a very fine miniature! We see many larger crystals, and many larger plates of small crystals, but I have to say there have been less than you'd think, for just a fine miniature sized specimen with such poise and balance, for the collector of this size and style. valued $600-750

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