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RK36F9: The classic habit for crystals of Cassiterite from the Dolcoath mine. Very enlarged prisms with faces on the tips forming very acute pyramids. A specimen with pedigree because on its back side are both the numbers of the Folch and Sir Arthur Russell collections. The specimen is documented also with the labels from both collections.
Dolcoath Mine, Tuckingmill, Camborne, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.30” × 1.02” × 0.91”
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”
With handwritten note & record from the Folch Collection (duplicates)
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