Cassiterite Crystals on Cleavelandite Matrix Phantom crystals soft lilac

soft lilac

Beautiful yellow color etched triphane / spodumene crystal from Laghman Afghanistan

Size: 72 x 65 x 41 mm

Location: Hunza

Its brilliant colors and age of more than 70 million years

Cassiterite Crystals on Cleavelandite Matrix Phantom crystals soft lilacBeautiful cassiterite crystals on a matrix of cleavelandite albite. Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral that is often found in association with cleavelandite, a platy variety of albite. Cleavelandite is a common constituent of pegmatites, where it forms warped masses of mineral with lamellae parallel to (010) and may be twinned on the albite law. Cassiterite crystals on cleavelandite are rare and highly sought after by mineral collectors. They exhibit