Cassiterite

Marcílio Gazzinelli21th Century

MM Gerdau - Museum of Mines and Metals
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Beautiful and lustrous twinned crystal of Cassiterite in the matrix of a Muscovite. It's possible to obtain de bronze, through the extraction of the metallic tin from the cassiterite, in alloy with the copper.

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Title: Cassiterite
Creator: Marcílio Gazzinelli
Date Created: 21th Century
Location Created: Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Província de Sichuan, China
Physical Dimensions: 4,0 x 2,5 x 1,3 cm
Type: SnO2 - Tin Oxide
Rights: MM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Medium: Mineral

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