Cassiterite (twins) with Muscovite, Quartz and Albite on Mircocline

Item Description

A great association specimen from Molo featuring pegmatitic Cassiterite twins with a solid opaque black hue, measuring up to 1.0 cm long which are intergrowh with silvery-golden bladed groups of Muscovite Mica, measuring up to 5.7 cm across, free standing on a matrix of white blocky Microcline Feldspar, with associated "roses" of white Albite var: Cleavelandite and prismatic translucent Quartz. Cassiterite specimens from this locality are incredibly hard to find, especially in showy multi-species display specimens like this. Valued $700.
From the collection of Bill ("Burma Bill") Larson of Fallbrook, California. Bill is a well-known gem and mineral dealer as well as a miner and worldwide mineral collector. Bill has traveled the world for decades in search of fine gems and minerals, and was directly involved in the in-person acquisition and importation of superb specimens and stones from Myanmar (Burma). You can read his biography at https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/larsonwilliam-f/