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Cassiterite from
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27199:0
GUID (UUID V4):dc264685-00a3-4136-810c-6310131f7430
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Michigan, USA. P Interesting. RF. C. £6.00 3 CASSITERITE, Toerdal, Norway MA in quartz. GRF. Ml. £6 00.../ D. .Ml. £8.00 8 ARSENIC, Hartz Mountains, Germany. With arsenolite. XR. GRF. SMI. £8.00 9 ATACAMITE...RWb. GRF. C. £8.00 11 12 ARSENOPYRITE. Saxony, Germany. XR XX < 4mm. GRF. Ml. £10.00 13 ALLOPHANE...metallic MA. GRF. Ml. £14.00 31 CASSITERITE. Zinnwald. Germany SX. D TN £14.00 32 KOUTEKITE. Cerny...John Dayton December 1999 33 BISMUTH, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. XR. MA. Olab. GRF. Ml £14.00 34 FLUORITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 5 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences...Zschorlau, Erzgebirge (Saxonian Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany, and from pegmatites near Grasstein (area from...localities in the Erzgebirge (former tin mines in Saxony, Germany, and Krušné Hory Mts., Bohemia, Czech Republic)...because a village known today as Zschorlau (in Saxony, Germany) was then named ‘‘Schorl’’ (or minor variants...had a nearby tin mine where, in addition to cassiterite, a lot of black tourmaline was found (Ertl,
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50x40x30mm. £9. 6) NATIVE BISMUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. A very good solid mass of silvery granular...9) CASSITERITE. Graupen, Bavaria, Germany. A group of about eight lustrous jet black cassiterite xls...Williams collection No.48. 75x65x30mm. £85. 10) CASSITERITE var "RUBY WOOD TIN". St Agnes, Cornwall. A small...blue label attached. 60x20x20mm max. £45. 11) CASSITERITE. Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. Typical...label. 12) CASSITERITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A n ironstained cassiterite/mica veinstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sammlungen Brennhausgasse 14 09599 Freiberg, Germany andreas.massanek@geosamm.tu-freiberg.de Downloaded...Schloss Freudenstein Schlossplatz 4 09599 Freiberg, Germany christina.seifert@geosamm.tu-freiberg.de Figure...KRÜGERHAUS A New Permanent Exhibition in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany 212 ROCKS & MINERALS N ative silver, in...mineral localities in just Germany. Figure 3 (above). Krügerhaus in Freiberg, Germany. Detlev Müller photo...near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Jeff Scovil photo. A Mineralogical Journey through Germany The central
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Bolivia. A cassiterite\quartz veinstone with a 60x30mm area showing jet black lustrous cassiterite xls to...to 15mm. Displays well. 60x30x50mm. £95. TI) CASSITERITE var "\VOOO-TIN":-Cu6o Mines:""Sierra deGuanajuato...Quartz veinstone showing a line ofsmall black cassiterite xls to lmm imbedded. With some matrix attached...to 2mm. 60x50x35mm. £ 18. NlCKELINE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Nice heavy mass of pinkish metallic...£28. 31) PROUSTITE on NATIVE ARSENIC. Pohla, Saxony, Germany. A heavy mass of grey native arsenic on top
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}~-x2ixli". £l6.5o. NATIVE B~5MUTH. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Very rich vein section consisting of...crystaline mass associated with black Cassiterite, with small bright Cassiterite crystals in odd cavities. lixl-...attached on one side. 2CASSITERITE variety "WOOD TIN". 2 MEa Gold Diggings, Nr....Specimen C - l-rxlt". 8Op. HEMATITE. Altenberg, Saxony, Germany. Unusual very sharp, bright black, twinned...l~-xltxl-t". £3.25. PUCHERITE. Puchershaft, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Small, sharp, sparkling p::-~e brownish
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with calcite, rutile, octahedrite, scheelite, cassiterite, specularite, dolomite). The almost complete...Werfen, Germany, 15177 Argentite after Silver: I, C 2 Himmelsfiirst, near Freiberg, Saxony, 800; "Peru...Yellow Cat Wash, near Thompsons, Utah, 18614 Cassiterite after Bismuthinite: III, B 2 b Cornwall, England...cavernous quartz. Cassiterite after Orthoclase: II, B 3 St. Just, Cornwall, 5364 Cassiterite after Quartz...quartz crystals saturated with co-deposited cassiterite. "Cataspilite." See muscovite (pinite) after
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£60. 6) NATIVE BISMUTH. Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany. A small heavy dump specimen with an off white...calcite xls to 10mm. 110x90x50mm max. £45. 1 10) CASSITERITE. Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czech Republic. A thin...blocky cassiterite xls to 10mm. Ex John Dayton collection. 80x60x18mm. £165. 11) CASSITERITE. Pendarves...blocky cassiterite xls to 7mm with a little black radiating schorl. 50x35x15mm. £60. 12) CASSITERITE, FLUORITE...Bohemia, Czech Republic. About 10 jet black cassiterite xls to 10mm on a quartz mica matrix with chalcopyrite
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Chalky blue pure rounded maS8. RF. C. £8.00 5 CASSITERITE, Wheel Vinoent nr Liskeard, Cornwall. Very heavy...ore with native sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore...chrysoc:olla. RWB. VGRF. C. £14.00 28 WOLFRAMITE & CASSITERITE, Cligga Mine, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. V.rich...fibrous interiora. RWB. VGRF. SMI. £14.00 34 CASSITERITE & GALENA, Potgletersrus~ Transvaal, South Africa...SC. £18.00 47 COBALITE & ERYTHRITE, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Sofid and metallic richly xtllized.
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ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE and FLUORITE. Annaberg, Hartz, Germany. A thin piece of matrix showing areas of crystalline... £1500. 11) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. Four jet black...black cassiterite xls to 7mm and about 20 colourless topaz xls to 8mm intergrown on the upper surface of...of matrix. 35x30x25mm. £30. / tS "L.( 12) CASSITERITE. Kibara Mine, Elizabethville, Congo. A single...little reddish matrix. 30x30x30mm max. £30. 13) CASSITERITE. Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan, China. A really
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ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE and FLUORITE. Annaberg, Hartz, Germany. A thin piece of matrix showing areas of crystalline... £1500. 11) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. Four jet black...black cassiterite xls to 7mm and about 20 colourless topaz xls to 8mm intergrown on the upper surface of...of matrix. 35x30x25mm. £30. / tS "L.( 12) CASSITERITE. Kibara Mine, Elizabethville, Congo. A single...little reddish matrix. 30x30x30mm max. £30. 13) CASSITERITE. Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan, China. A really
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"flakes" ofmarcasite to 2mm. 70x45x45mm. £35. JO) CASSITERITE. Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia. A nice intergrown...Barstow green stock label. 50x30x40mm. £35. 11) CASSITERITE. Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall. Part of...pebble showing areas of brown cassiterite. 50x35x30mm. £8. 12) CASSITERITE. 255 Fm level, South Crofty...Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall. Rich mass of needly cassiterite xls to 3mm intergrown with hematite red matrix...and SAFFLORITE. Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Germany. Massive crystalline dark grey saffiorite matrix
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in Ix I plastic box. Lehrte, Hanover. Lower Saxony Germany £7 7. EUDIALYTE bright pink masses on pale...micros and a Biotite small xl (Mendig, Eifel area, Germany) lx2 area ofxls on 2x2 £4 42. NATIVE COPPER mass...inch matrix with minorNickel-Skutterudite Schneeberg Germany £6 £7.50 Schlema, 50. NATIVE SILVER about...another small area of silver on one side Schneeberg, Sachsen Germany £6 51. NATIVE SILVER black micro crystals... STIBNITE with CINNABAR £10 Freiberg Sachsen Germany½ x ½ £7.50 rich grey massive with small red cleavages
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the cavities lined with small black sparkling Cassiterite crystals. 3x2". £4-. Mantena, Minas Gerais,...Luxulyan, Corm181l. li. mass of coarse brown Cassiterite with numerous cavities lined with eharp black...Tourmaline and Muscovite. 3tx3x2". £7. 23. CaSSITERITE. st. dgnes, Cornwall. h crust of bright bla~...attached to this specimen. 4-x2". £7. 24-. CaSSITERITE. Great Beam Mine, Nr. Roche, Cormvall. an interesting...section consisting of coarse brown crystaline Cassiterite with minor Quartz, Topaz and a central infillLDg
Journal (issue)
2018 Ctontento The Schneeberg Mining District, Western Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany ...................................................... 651 Famous Schneeberg Silver Specimens ................. 709 The "Find...spray, 4.4 cm, in a quartz-lined pocket, from Schneeberg. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann photo...engraving depicts various historical mining scenes at Schneeberg including the famous 1477 "Silver Table" discovery...Thomas P. Moore7 The Schneeberg District in the famous Saxon Erzgebirge of Germany has been a source of
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9) CASSITERITE and SCHORL. Egloshellen Mine, St Stephens, Cornwall. Black sparkling cassiterite xls...decomposed granite matrix. Priced on richness of cassiterite. (a) 7 0 x 3 5 x 6 0 m m . £40. (b) 7 0 x 4 0.... £30. (c) 7 0 x 4 0 x 3 5 m m . £25. 10) CASSITERITE after ORTHOCLASE. Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall...Cornwall. Part of a high replacement cassiterite after a Carlsbad twin of orthoclase. Shows one good terminated...Rich. 40x20x15nun. £25. 27) NICKELINE. Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Nice rich ore specimen of about 80%
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
because a village known today as Zschorlau (in Saxony, Germany) was then named "Schorl" (or minor variants...had a nearby tin mine where, in addition to cassiterite, a lot of black tourmaline was found. The first..."schürl" and its occurrence (various tin mines in the Saxony Ore Mountains) was written by Johannes Mathesius...Eibenstock, und Schneeberg) vorzüglich häufig, wie denn selbst ein Dorf bei Schneeberg, Schorlau, von... „umb den Schneberg“ [heute: Schneeberg, damaliges Dorf bei Schneeberg (~3 km Luftlinie): Schorlau (vorher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oregon; argyrodite (a silver sulphide germanate), Germany, Bolivia. On the other hand, there are many well...in Colyn region W. of r. Dniepr. ANDREASBERG, Germany, S E Oberharz mountain range, lead-zinc deposit...arsen, hormotone, analcime, desmin. FREIBERG, Saxony, Germany, old famous mineral, classic locality. Native...Freiberg deposit is found locality Zinnwald: cassiterite xIs, wolframite, zinnwaldite-iron lithium mica...found in Annaberg, Johanngeorgenstadt, Schneeberg, all in Saxony. Here have been discovered minerals: annabergite
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COLLECTIONS 11 $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5...5 mm te1·minated 11 minor black cassiterite matrix. l-3/8xl-3/4 $25.00. November crystals on arsenopyrite... on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm fragments...milky quartz. l½x2½11 $35.' ERYTHRITE Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Select dark maroon tx½" radialing crystal...93. ARSENIC Schneeberg, Select compact dark (A) 3/4x1" $ 3.00. ELEMENTS Saxony,Germany gray metallic
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COLLECTIONS 11 $15.00. APAT ITE Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, Germany Choic€: pale lc:1vende1· inlergrnwn 3 lo 5...5 mm te1·minated 11 minor black cassiterite matrix. l-3/8xl-3/4 $25.00. November crystals on arsenopyrite... on dense Himmelsfu,·st mine, F1·eiberg, Saxony, Germany irregular gray metal I ic 1 to 3 mm fragments...milky quartz. l½x2½11 $35.' ERYTHRITE Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany Select dark maroon tx½" radialing crystal...93. ARSENIC Schneeberg, Select compact dark (A) 3/4x1" $ 3.00. ELEMENTS Saxony,Germany gray metallic
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~OPHYLLITE. 9. JillGENTITE. Freiburg, Saxony, Germany. Bright, metallic grey cubic crystals to t"...quartz. 2x2". £4. 13.BERTHIERITE. Braunsdorf, saxony, Germany. Rich metallic grey radiated mass with minor...Muscovite mica on greisen. Itxl". £3. 26. CaSSITERITE variety WOOD TIN. Garth Mine, Buryas Bridge,... Specimen a - Thin bands of chocolate brovm Cassiterite surrounding sections of Quartz crystals embedded...C~ZITE. 30. CHllLCOPYRITE. Dreislar, Sauerland, Germany. Sharp, bright, sphenoidal crystals, some attractively
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the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from the Rabejac deposit, Herault dept.. France... = = = = = Acanthite, x 16 mm, Freiberg, Germany, H Abernathyite, 12 mm, Ririera/, France, H Abhurite...at the Himmelsftirst mine, Freiberg, both Saxony, Germany. In the subtropical areas acanthite may occur...the Sankt Christoph mine, near Breitenbrunn, Saxony, Germany, and many localities in the Alps, e.g. on Grossgreiner...89°59',Z =4. d: 12.8(10)-65(7)- hills, Baden, Germany. Most common occurrences in 4.4 6) - 43(6) - 257(6)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Güldener Falk mine near Schneeberg–Neustädtel, Schneeberg area, Saxony, Germany. It also has been found...a crust (0.1 to 1.2 mm) on quartz, topaz and cassiterite crystals. Individual crystals have dimensions...Güldener Falk mine near Schneeberg–Neustädtel, Schneeberg area, Saxony, Germany. It also has been found...approximately 4.8 km southwest of the center of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Occurrence: Found in small vugs of coarse...Schneebergite and nickelschneebergite from Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany: the first Bi-bearing members of the
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transparent Fluorite cubes. 4~x4". £4. 14. CASSITERITE. Pell Mine, St. gnes, Cornwall. Bright, lustrous...Specimen - 3x2". £4; Specimen B - 2xlt". £3. 15; CASSITERITE. Relistian Mine, Gwlnear, ~ornv~ll. An unusual...Pebbles cemented by Chlorite and with small sharp Cassiterite crystals implanted in cavities between individual...covering Quartz veinstone. 3x2". £2.50. 17; CASSITERITE. Nevi East Section, Dolcoath Hine, Camborne,...Very attractive for display. 5xJ~'x3". £8. 18. CASSITERITE variety "\>100D TIN". West Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes
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Grube Sampson, 8'1>. Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Germany. Unusual silvery grey It" botryoidal mass. £~....of tarnished Chalcopyrite. 3tx2t". £2. 21. CASSITERITE. Goonbarrow Clay Pit. Bugle, Hensbarrow Moor...Cornwall. i" vein of brown coarsely crystaline Cassiterite associ~ted with minor Quartz and Tourmaline cutting...kaolinised Granite matrix. 3x2xlt". £2. 22. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St. Agnes Cornwall. Superb shining...coverage of crystals on matrix 3x2x2t". £10. t" CASSITERITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Bright shining
 
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