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Definition of Cassiterite
1. Noun. A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin.
Definition of Cassiterite
1. n. Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.
Definition of Cassiterite
1. Noun. (minerology) A generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO2, which is an important ore of tin ¹
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Definition of Cassiterite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassiterite
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Literary usage of Cassiterite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"Infusible. Insoluble in acida With soda on charcoal, yields tin. With the above
description compare crystals from St. Agnes (Cornwall). cassiterite or ..."
2. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"Most of the development work has been dono on cassiterite Creek. The country rock
of this whole basin is limestone with some intruded dikes and stocks of ..."
3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"The cassiterite Veins of Cornwall, England Literature.-—An extensive literature
exists on the subject of the tin lodes of Cornwall, for they have been ..."
4. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"A ruby-red color then indicates cassiterite. (See page 170.) Wurtzite (4) Wurtzite
is found together with sphalerite and is intergrown with it in clustered ..."
5. Tin Deposits of the World, with a Chapter on Tin Smelting by Sydney Fawns (1907)
"This dyke, which is about 100 feet wide, has been traced from Tin Creek on the
east, to cassiterite Creek on the west, a distance of about a mile. ..."
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