Cassiterite

specimen number:
2062916

location:
Pingwu, Huya, Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

description:
A sharp lustrous crystal of cassiterite measuring 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm in size partially embedded up on matrix with crystallized muscovite. Most of the crystal is freestanding, this is in good condition. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark and dates to the 1990s.

Located in the high alpine region of Sichuan Province, the Mount Little Xuebaoding deposit in Pingwu County features complex quartz-mica and quartz-feldspar-mica veins formed through granitic intrusions into metamorphic host rocks like marble and schist. Commercial mining and dedicated specimen collecting began accelerating around the mid-to-late 1990s, turning the area into a world-famous locality renowned for yielding exceptional, museum-quality mineral specimens such as large euhedral orange scheelite crystals, gemmy blue tabular beryl crystals, the rare mineral kesterite, etc.

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