cassiterite

See also: cassitérite

English

Cassiterite

Noun

cassiterite (countable and uncountable, plural cassiterites)

(mineralogy) A generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO₂, which is an important ore of tin.

Synonyms

Translations

mineral

Czech: cínovec m, kasiterit m
Finnish: kassiteriitti

Japanese: 錫石 (すずいし, suzuishi)
Serbo-Croatian: kasiterit (sh)

Further reading

“Cassiterite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
cassiterite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

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