35 specimens found!

ACN0130	_12 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Thumbnail	1.7x1.2x1.1cm
Complex aggregate of several partially transparent xls of great luster. No matrix. Black core with subsequent transparent brown and colorless growth. Internal fractures

ACN1341	_12 €
Cassiterite
Gongshan County, Gaoligongshan, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Thumbnail	1.3x1.2x0.8cm
Massive cassiterite matrix with small xls, partially transparent. Said to contain "a metal used in aerospace". From an area where only small-scale mining is possible.

ACN0127	_15 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Thumbnail	1.3x1.2x0.7cm
Partially transparent x of great luster. No matrix. Black core with subsequent transparent brown and colorless growth

ACN0128	_15 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Thumbnail	1.3x1.0x0.5cm
Partially transparent x. Some faces matte, some shiny. No matrix. Transparent light brown with black clouds

BCN0345	_16 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3x2.5x1.5cm	53g
Single terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages. Some of the quartz matrix may still be present
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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BCN0392	_18 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2.5x2x1.3cm	25g
Double terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite.

BCN1339	_20 €
Cassiterite
Gongshan County, Gaoligongshan, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.5x2x2cm	36g
Massive cassiterite matrix with small xls, partially transparent. Said to contain "a metal used in aerospace". From an area where only small-scale mining is possible.
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BCN0393	_22 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2.5x1.8x1.6cm	27g
Single terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite.

BCN1340	_22 €
Cassiterite
Gongshan County, Gaoligongshan, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.2x2.5x1.8cm	22g
Massive cassiterite matrix with small xls, partially transparent. Said to contain "a metal used in aerospace". From an area where only small-scale mining is possible.
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BCN0342	_28 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	4.5x4x4cm	286g
Parallel twin, single terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages. Some of the quartz matrix may still be present
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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CCN0343	_28 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	5x4.5x3cm	267g
Parallel twin, single terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages. Some of the quartz matrix may still be present
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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CCN0344	_28 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	5.5x2.5x2.5cm	134g
Single terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages. Some of the quartz matrix may still be present
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)

CCN0825	_28 €
Cassiterite with Beryl var Goshenite, Muscovite, Quartz
Near Huya, Xuebaoding Mountain, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Small Cabinet	5x5x3cm	73g
Sharp black, highly reflective clusters of cassiterite between blades of white to yellow muscovite. Looks better in person. Base is saw-trimmed.
fluorescent SW whitish Beryl
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BCN0858	_30 €
Cassiterite
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	4.5x4x3cm	140g
Brown, opaque, partially translucent, twinned x with little matrix.

CCN1441	_30 €
Cassiterite with Quartz
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	9x7x3.5cm	220g
Vug of brown, partially transparent, highly reflective cassiterite xls associated by quartz. Small and well crystallized specimen from a famous findplace.
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BCN0209	_35 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2.5x1.5x1.3cm	12g
dark brown partially transparent, x to 1cm

CCN0341	_35 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	5x4x3.5cm	338g
Double terminated. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages. Some of the quartz matrix may still be present
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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CCN0907	_36 €
Cassiterite, Ferberite with Fluorite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Small Cabinet	7.5x6x6cm	365g
Dominant on this specimen are large but damaged xls of ferberite, fluorite, arsenopyrite and quartz. Most remarkable is however a seam of reddish brown cassiterite xls to 0.8cm, located between the ferberite and the arsenopyrite. Cassiterite is considered being a rare species at Yaogangxian, and the xls, although fairly large, well developed and undamaged, cannot meet the standards of Yunnan or Sichuan locations. On the other hand are cassiterite specimens often misattributed to famous locations, such as Yaogangxian!
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BCN0207	_40 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2.5x1.8x1.2cm	14g
Cluster of light brown transparent cassiterite xls. No matrix. The photo exaggerates small defects in the surface. These are normally barely visible.

CCN0180	_42 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	6.5x5.5x2cm	100g
Cassiterite aggregate, consisting of well developed xls to 0.8cm, some transparent. Almost no matrix.
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BCN0197	_45 €
Cassiterite
Yunlong, Lancangjiang, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.1x2.6x2.1cm	39g
Deep black, shiny, on white matrix. Small damages on the back.

BCN0199	_45 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.4x2.3x1.3cm	21g
Assembled from two pieces, largely transparent to translucent
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BCN0208	_45 €
Cassiterite with Quartz
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2.5x1.5x1.3cm	13g
Cluster of light brown transparent cassiterite xls on matrix. The photo exaggerates small defects in the surface. These are normally barely visible.

BCN0869	_45 €
Cassiterite with Muscovite
Near Huya, Xuebaoding Mountain, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Miniature	3.8x2.7x2.5cm	40g
Deep black cassiterite cluster growing in a bed of muscovite. Multiply twinned.
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BCN0935	_45 €
Cassiterite with acicular Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.5x2.5x2cm	36g
Partly transparent, sharp and lustrous brown cassiterite xls in association with acicular cassiterite. Minor edge damages. Looks better in person, the photo cannot adequately reproduce the sharpness and luster. Produced in small mines in a very remote location near the border to Myanmar (Burma).
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CCN0196	_50 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	8.5x6x4cm	420g
Several transparent clusters of cassiterite xls on a matrix that partially consists of massive cassiterite. Famous location, found before 2004.
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CCN0857	_52 €
Cassiterite with Quartz
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	6.5x5x4.5cm	228g
Cream colored to dark brown, partially transparent, sharp xls on a matrix composed of quartz and massive cassiterite. Larger specimens are cut as gemstones. Not acid treated; some x are still covered by a limonite layer. From the no. 1 location for transparent cassiterite..
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CCN0374	_58 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	9.5x5.5x5.5cm	525g
Three intergrown xls, double terminated. One termination is still in the quartz matrix. From a one-time find in a single pegmatite. The xls were completely embedded in quartz and typically have minor damages.
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BCN0198	_60 €
Cassiterite
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	3.8x3.3x2.6cm	82g
Complex aggregate of several partially transparent xls of great luster. Small damages. Little matrix.
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CCN0340	_65 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Small Cabinet	7.5x4.5x3cm	427g
Double terminated x, 7.5cm long! The x was completely embedded in quartz. Fluorescent crusts on some faces.
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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DCN1353	_70 €
Cassiterite with Quartz, Arsenopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Cabinet	10x7.5x7cm	475g
Cassiterite as double terminated xls to 1cm, black with almost cubic appearance, growing between quartz. Associated by arsenopyrite (to 2cm) and minor ferberite. Cassiterite at Yaogangxian is definitely the rarest species present on this combo specimen.
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BCN0206	_80 €
Cassiterite with Quartz
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Miniature	2x1.6x0.9cm
Cluster of completely transparent cassiterite xls (1x1cm) growing on rock crystal. The cassiterite appears black but is actually light brown, difficult to photograph because of the high reflectivity.
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DCN0875	_85 €
Cassiterite with Muscovite
Near Huya, Xuebaoding Mountain, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
Cabinet	11.5x5x4cm	305g
Shiny black cassiterite x clusters with brown internal reflections growing between muscovite (partially feldspar coated). Bottom and back are saw-cut.
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DCN1001	_230 €
Cassiterite with Quartz
Yalian "Ximeng", Yongde Co., Lincang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Cabinet	16.5x10x6cm	978g
Transparent (!), sharp cassiterite xls to 1.5cm, some with black and iridescent inclusions. A rare matrix specimen, associated with quartz xls to 3cm. Found before 2005. Base and one side are saw-trimmed.
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DCN0338	_580 €
Cassiterite
Malipo, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
Cabinet	15.5x5.8x5.3cm	1700g
One of the longest cassiterite crystal known - from any findplace! Has one well defined termination, the other one missing, otherwise quite complete. Was recovered in two pieces, which had been carefully joined. Matrix remnants on the contact side.
fluorescent LW patchy orange (surface minerals)
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