Cassiterite-Fake
specimen number:
3331812
location:
Zinnwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic
description:
An interesting fake specimen, many lustrous bright cassiterite crystals to 1.2 cm in size are embedded across the top of this matrix. However, the matrix is actually a slurry of muscovite that the cassiterite crystals have been stuck into.
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