Tin from Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK

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There is no disguising this specimen is an ugly brute, but it is a Cornish tin stream Cassiterite which makes it a most desirable brute! The majority of this small miniature, from the famous Bojewan Tin Stream Works at Sancreed, St. Just, is matt, fine granular grey-black Cassiterite, partly shot through with off-milky Quartz as a number of crystal sections embedded within the Cassiterite. Not a show-stopper, but a lovely demure Cornish classic!

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SpeciesTin Cassiterite

SizeMiniature

Dimensions3.6 x 4.8 x 1.7 cm

Added on10/24/2024

LocalityUK, England, Sancreed

Current owner

Unknown Owner

Acquired: Jul 2026
Price paid: $350.00

Previous owners

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Crystal Classics	Not disclosed

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