Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite toenail Cassiterite and Silver species

Cassiterite and Silver species

but many of them are easily visible with the naked eye

Hard to photograph

Specimen# CO712B160

or a Bolivian mineral collector

Quartz “cast” after Anhydrite toenail Cassiterite and Silver speciesA beautiful, toenail sized specimen from the famous Canyon Creek area that produced some of the most well known Quartz casts from the state. For years, people have written that these epimorphs were replacements of Quartz after Baryte, and I always contested that this couldnt be the case, and that the casts were most likely after Anhydrite. Finally, it appears that somebody else is on board with me as I read from Bill Dameron on mindat that Dr. Virgil