cassiterite

See also: cassitérite

English

Cassiterite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”)

Noun

cassiterite (countable and uncountable, plural cassiterites)

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

Synonyms

• stream tin
• tinstone
• wood tin

Translations

mineral

• Czech: cínovec m, kasiterit m
• Finnish: kassiteriitti
• French: cassitérite (fr) f
• German: Kassiterit m
• Italian: cassiterite (it) f
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• Japanese: 錫石 (すずいし, suzuishi)
• Portuguese: cassiterita f
• Serbo-Croatian: kasiterit (sh)
• Spanish: casiterita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cassiterite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “cassiterite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”)

Noun

cassiterite f (plural cassiteriti)

1. (mineralogy) cassiterite