Description
Specimen of cassiterite (tin mineral) partially crystallized in pale granite. Discovered in the cassiterite quartz vein at Piriac (Piriac-sur-Mer) in the Loire Atlantique department.
Collected during BRGM (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) surveys in the 1950s.
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