"Wood Tin" Cassiterite (superb example!)

Item Description

An CLASSIC and showy small cabinet of a nodule of reddish-brown, botryoidal, "wood tin" cassiterite from an UNCOMMON Mexico locality, Santa Maria del Oro. Wood tin is an old-time English term for cassiterite in this form and color. Complete all-around and PRISTINE. SUPERB material for this locality, form and variety. SELDOM available. The last wood tin of this quality (a miniature), that we offered at auction a couple of years ago sold for $474. This is perhaps better in 3-dimensinality and simply is the best of them I can recall seeing.