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| Name: | Cassiterite Cst |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #428: Cassiterite  #593: Cassiterite Weilasituo Ag-polymetallic deposit, Inner Mongolia, China  #987: Cassiterite Perak, Malaysia |
| IMA Chemistry: | SnO2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Cassiterite contains elements: Tin (Sn) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | United Kingdom |
| Year First Published: | 1832 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Beudant F S (1832) Cassitérite, étain oxidé, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 618-620 |
| Structural Group Name: | Rutile |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | rutile |
| Crystal Systems: | tetragonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 6.5 |
| Diaphaneity: | 1.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 7.04 |
| Dispersion: | 0.071 |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Cassiterite (Wiki) Search Mindat: Cassiterite Search Web Mineral DB: Cassiterite |
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