Name |
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Cassiterite |
Chemistry |
|
SnO2 |
Hardness |
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6 - 7 |
Lustre |
|
adamantine |
Colour |
|
brown, brownish black, colourless, green,
grey |
Streak |
|
brownish white |
Density [g/cm3] |
|
6.6 - 7.0 |
Crystal habit |
|
tetragonal, prismatic crystals |
Cleavage, Fracture |
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[100] perfect, [110] indistinct, fracture
conchoidal to uneven |
other characteristics
and occurrences |
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important tin ore, in primary
(pegmatites, hydrothermal vein) and secondary deposits (placer) |
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