Cassiterite
Esquema
Jerarquía
Descripción
A heavy, metallic, hard tin dioxide, chemical formula SnO2, that is the major ore of tin. It is colorless when pure, but brown or black when iron impurities are present. Commercially important quantities occur in placer deposits, but cassiterite also occurs in granite and pegmatites.
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Otros términos
- 錫石 [zh]
- cassiteriet [nl]
- casiterita [es]
- xí shí [zh]
- xi shi [zh]
- hsi shih [zh]