Cassiterite gallery2

CASSITERITE Gallery Return to Cassiterite page. Click on image for larger view
Cassiterite, SnO₂ , is the principal ore of tin.
CASSITERITE Turner Mine, Marlow, NH 1.9 mm longest dimension	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Turner Mine, Marlow, NH Specimen Size: 1.9 mm longest dimension Field Collected: A Bob Wilken specimen (collected 10/20) & photo Catalog No.: TURCassiterite01AS Notes: [bw] "This cassiterite was embedded between a hard quartz matrix behind and a soft layer made mostly of fine mica and quartz granules in front. Unknowingly when sawing for something else the saw blade missed it it by a hair or two and exposed part of the crystal duo. I picked away as much of the rest as I could to pretty much reveal the specimen as you see it. My first reaction without any critical observation was to think it a phosphate. But, the color and the vitreous nature eventually made me realize it could be cassiterite. The unusual flattened form just didn't fit with what we usually find as cassiterite."
CASSITERITE Moose Pocket, Albany, NH 1.3 mm field of view.	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Moose Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 1.3 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes:
CASSITERITE Moose Pocket, Albany, NH 0.5 mm field of view.	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Moose Pocket, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 0.5 mm field of view. Field Collected: Bob Janules - mid 1990's Catalog No.: u182 Notes:
CASSITERITE Smoky Quartz Area, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH 3.2 mm crystal	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Smoky Quartz Area, N. Sugarloaf Mtn., Bethlehem, NH Specimen Size: 3.2 mm crystal Field Collected: Bob Janules Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Crystal has many internal reflections. This crystal is mounted on a quill, so a true micromount.
CASSITERITE Blackberry Crossing, Albany, NH 12 mm field of view CASSITERITE Blackberry Crossing, Albany, NH 1.5 mm field of view	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Blackberry Crossing, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 12 mm field of view + close-up Field Collected: Bob Janules. Catalog No.: A Bob Janules specimen Notes: Clusters of cassiterite crystals on albite
CASSITERITE Government Pit, Albany, NH 6.8 cm specimen CASSITERITE Government Pit, Albany, NH 1.5 cm field of view	Species: CASSITERITE Locality: Government Pit, Albany, NH Specimen Size: 6.8 cm specimen with 1.5 cm close up view Field Collected: Ernie Schlichter Catalog No.: A Don Dallaire specimen (#5864) & photo Notes: Don acquired this specimen from Kevin Downey. [dd] " The cassiterite is easily missed since your first thought is another smoky poking out of the microcline and albite. The guy (didn't remember the name) who Kevin got it from said Ernie Schlichter sold it to him without spotting the cassiterite and was unhappy that he missed it."
Go to Cassiterite gallery page: 1