cassiteriten.
/kəˈsɪtərʌɪt/, U.S. /kəˈsɪdəˌraɪt/ Mineralogy.
Native stannic dioxide, the most common ore of tin, occurring in various forms, as tin stone, wood tin, toad's-eye tin, stream tin.
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tin-stone1602
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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
1858 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. 264 Wood-tin of the Cornish miners is only a variety of cassiterite.
1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 447 Dioxide, or Stannic Oxide..occurs native as tin-stone or cassiterite.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 148.
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