tin-stonen.
The most commonly occurring form of tin ore; cassiterite, native tin dioxide (peroxide). Also attributive.
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tin-stone1602
crop1778
row1778
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tin-stuff1778
wood-tin1787
stannolite1843
toad's eye tin1850
cassiterite1858
tin wash1898
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > rutile and uranite groups A02 > cassiterite
tin-stone1602
stream-tin1778
wood-tin1787
stannolite1843
toad's eye tin1850
cassiterite1858
varlamoffite1948
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 8v They discouer these workes, by certaine Tynne-stones, lying on the face of the ground.
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2098 Most Tin-stones are porous, not unlike great bones almost throughly calcined.
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 205 Annular tinstone..is a four sided prism, truncated on all the edges and angles.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1241 There are only two ores of tin; the peroxide, or tin-stone, and tin pyrites.
1905 Times 11 Aug. 3/4 In the tinstone works of Malacca.
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