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Cassiterite var. Wood Tin (rare locale) Witmore Coll.
- Santiaguillo, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 6.0 x 1.8 cm
- Start Time: 07/19/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/26/2012 6:32:03 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very rare and fine crust of lustrous, bubbly, botryoidal, rust-red, cassiterite from this obscure locale in Bolivia. This showy piece is from veinlets in rhyolitic rocks. Cassiiterite of this botryoidal style is uncommon today and came from a few historic localities in the past. It was great for smelting, and so much of it was indeed, melted down. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection. Hefty ore at 276 grams.