Cassiterite

Description

Cassiterite - large shiny brown twinned partial crystal - associated with minor (included) mica - from the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia, Russia

Museum reference

G.1983.31.8

Collection

Natural Sciences

Object name

Cassiterite

Collection place(s)

Chukotka Peninsula, Chukotka Okrug, Russia, Eastern Europe

Associations

Mica, undifferentiated

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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