Cassiterite

Description

Cassiterite - yellowish-brown crystalline disseminated in magnetite - originally three sectioned pieces of metallic vein under G.1971.16.9, now split in to four - from Carn Chuinneag, Ardgay, Ross and Cromarty.

Museum reference

G.1971.16.9.1

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Cassiterite

Collection place(s)

Carn Chuinneag, Ardgay, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Collector: Jackson, Brian J. (NMS)
Collector: Holliday, George C. (RSM)
Magnetite