Cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today.
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Cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today.
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Cassiterita (português brasile ...... s da Cornualha, na Inglaterra.
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Cassiterita oxido motako minerala da eta rutile taldearen kidea da.
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Cassiterite is a tin oxide min ...... important source of tin today.
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Foirm mhianrach ocsaíd stáin, ...... -mhianach stáin dá bhfuil ann.
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Het mineraal cassiteriet is een tin-oxide met de chemische formule SnO2.
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Kasiterit (Beudant, 1832), čes ...... ničitý), je čtverečný minerál.
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Kasiterito estas mineralo el k ...... ercoj de SnO2, de ĉirkaŭ 7.0.
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Kassiterit, tennmalm, är ett o ...... aktig massa, s.k. trätennmalm.
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Kassiterit, veraltet auch als ...... hroismus in Gelb und Rotbraun.
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Kasyteryt – minerał należący d ...... adu chemicznego tego minerału.
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δ = 0.103
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Cassiterite with muscovite, from Xuebaoding, Huya, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan, China
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class
Ditetragonal dipyramidal
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cleavage
{100} imperfect, {110} indistinct; partings on {111} or {011}
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color
Black, brownish black, reddish brown, brown, red, yellow, gray, white; rarely colorless
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diaphaneity
Transparent when light colored, dark material nearly opaque; commonly zoned
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formula
SnO2
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fracture
Subconchoidal to uneven
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fusibility
infusible
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gravity
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Pyramidic, prismatic, radially ...... arse to fine granular, massive
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luster
Adamantine to adamantine metallic, splendent; may be greasy on fractures
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Cassiterite
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Uniaxial
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pleochroism
Pleochroic haloes have been ob ...... or absent, but strong at times
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refractive
nω = 1.990–2.010 nε = 2.093–2.100
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solubility
insoluble
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streak
White to brownish
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symmetry
P42/mnm
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tenacity
Brittle
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twinning
Very common on {011}, as contact and penetration twins, geniculated; lamellar
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unit cell
a = 4.7382 Å,
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c = 3.1871 Å; Z = 2
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Cassiterita (português brasile ...... e em de hematita e ortoclásio.
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Cassiterita oxido motako minerala da eta rutile taldearen kidea da.
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Cassiterite is a tin oxide min ...... important source of tin today.
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Foirm mhianrach ocsaíd stáin, ...... -mhianach stáin dá bhfuil ann.
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Het mineraal cassiteriet is een tin-oxide met de chemische formule SnO2.
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Kasiterit (Beudant, 1832), čes ...... ničitý), je čtverečný minerál.
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Kasiterito estas mineralo el k ...... grava fonto de stano aktuale.
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Kassiterit, tennmalm, är ett o ...... aktig massa, s.k. trätennmalm.
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Kassiterit, veraltet auch als ...... te Erz zur Gewinnung von Zinn.
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Kasyteryt – minerał należący d ...... adu chemicznego tego minerału.
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Caisiteirít
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Casiterita
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Cassiteriet
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Cassiterita
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Cassiterita
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Cassiterita
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Cassiterite
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Cassiterite
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Cassitérite
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Kasiterit
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