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cassiterite
[ kuh-sit-uh-rahyt ]
noun
- a brown or black mineral, tin dioxide, SnO 2 , that crystallizes in the tetragonal system; tinstone: the principal ore of tin.
cassiterite
/ °ìəˈ²õɪ³Ùəˌ°ù²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- a black or brown mineral, found in igneous rocks and hydrothermal veins. It is a source of tin. Composition: tin oxide. Formula: SnO 2 . Crystal structure: tetragonal Also calledtinstone
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cassiterite1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cassiterite1
Example Sentences
On the recent trip into the forest, they found a recently abandoned gold mine and the active mine harvesting cassiterite, the main ore to make tin.
Miner digs in the runoff from an artisanal cassiterite and coltan mine near Numbi in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 7th, 2017.
Regardless of the method, searching for gold and other minerals like cassiterite and niobium is dirty, dangerous and often illegal.
The ore is cassiterite and this is usually found in volcanic rocks like granite.
It is also rich in resources - gold, diamonds, cassiterite and coltan, used in mobile phones.
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