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cassiterite

Mineral consisting of reddish-brown to black stannic oxide (SnO2), usually found in granite rocks. It is the chief ore of tin. When fresh it has a bright (‘adamantine’) lustre. It was formerly extensively mined in Cornwall, England; today Malaysia is the world's main supplier. Other sources of cassiterite are Africa, Indonesia, and South America.



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A combination of well-characterized minerals and synthetic materials were used to calibrate for EPMA, including SMS scapolite (S and Cl), Corning W glass (6) (Co), SMS gahnite (Zn), SMS cassiterite (Sn), SMS strontianite and Corning X glass (Sr).
Microbeam characterization of Corning archeological reference ... by Wysoczanski, Richard / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
They then culled quartz and limestone from Iron-rich magnetite and cassiterite, a tin oxide mineral, When ground liner, the purplish cassiterite breaks Into smaller particles than the Iron mineral, and can be separated out.
Turkish tin mine revises Bronze Age history by Pennisi, Elizabeth / Science News
Less common quartz mica rich pegmatite float mineralized with coarse cassiterite yielded up to 800 g/t Ta2O5 and 2.
War Eagle Mining Company Inc. - 2001 Work Program Confirms MAC ... by Business Wire
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