7.4 x 6.9 x 3.3 cm. Most people do not realize that, rarely, Brazil has produced cassiterites from its pegmatites that rival cassiterite from anywhere for sheer lustre and brightness. These crystals, to 1 cm, are superb jewels for the species which is rarely seen from Brazil. They are brightly contrasted on albite matrix, with bits of muscovite ...
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