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Definition of Tinstone
1. n. Cassiterite.
Definition of Tinstone
1. Noun. The mineral cassiterite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tinstone
1. a tin ore [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tinstone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinstone
Literary usage of Tinstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"Of the tin ores only the two most important, tinstone and tin pyrites, ...
As tinstone is insoluble in acids, its analysis must always be preceded by its ..."
2. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1898)
"We have therefore under the extraction of tin from tinstone, to consider:— 1.
The purification of tinstone from injurious impurities. 2. ..."
3. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"tinstone in a Lower Liassic Limestone of the Campiglia, Italy. One of the most
remarkable tinstone deposits, rediscovered only recently, but known to the ..."
4. The Assayer's Manual: An Abridged Treatise on the Docimastic Examination of by Bruno Kerl (1883)
"DETERMINATION OF tinstone BY WASHING. This method is used for testing borings
from mines, ... The specific gravity of tinstone = 6.8 to 7.0. ..."
5. The Assayer's Manual by Bruno Kerl (1889)
"DETERMINATION OF tinstone BY WASHING. This method is used for testing borings from
... The specific gravity of tinstone = 6.8 to 7.0. A. Saxon away of tin. ..."
6. Mineral Products of New South Wales by Harrie Wood, Robert Etheridge, Archibald Liversidge, New South Wales Dept. of Mines, Charles Smith Wilkinson, Robert Logan Jack (1882)
"Stony Batta Creek Chromite, serpentine. Swan Creek tinstone. ... Attunga tinstone.
KINO. Bala Copper ores. Bowning Creek Copper and silver ores. ..."
7. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1907)
"The Treatment of Intermediate Products and Dross obtained by tin Reduction of
tinstone in Reverberatory Furnaces The bodies included under this head are ..."