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Highslide JS
Locality: Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH

 Species:           CASSITERITE
Locality:          Parker Mtn. Mine, Center Strafford, NH
Specimen Size: 5 cm specimen of sub-metalic cassiterite in feldspar.
Field Collected: Gene Bearss 1978
Catalog No.: 1741
Notes: Gift from Gene Bearss.
Highslide JS
CASSITERITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
0.6 mm crystal

 Species:           CASSITERITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 0.6 mm crystal
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1983)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss

Highslide JS
CASSITERITE   Government Pit, Albany, NH
1.5 mm field of view

 Species:           CASSITERITE
Locality:         Government Pit, Albany, NH
Specimen Size: 1.5 mm field of view
Field Collected: Gene Bearss (1981)
Catalog No.: A Gene Bearss collection specimen
Notes: Identification by Gene Bearss.
These lustrous, black, cassiterite crystals are very difficult to photograph. They come out either black, or brightly reflective.