- MD-166999
- Cassiterite, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz)
- Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
- Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
- SOLD
Two highly lustrous, complexly twinned, dark brown cassiterite crystals to 1.8 cm jauntily perched on breccia matrix and nicely accented by smoky quartz crystals from the well-known Elsmore area tin mines of New South Wales. The large crystal is very aesthetically set atop matrix and both cassiterites are PARTIALLY GEMMY, with distinct areas of red fire. Ex. John Ydren Collection.