Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The miners' name for tin dioxid, the principal ore of tin; the cassiterite of the mineralogist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Cassiterite.
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- noun The mineral
cassiterite .
Etymologies
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Examples
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~ Tin is found in nature chiefly as the oxide (SnO_ ), called cassiterite or tinstone.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Cornwall in England, and of the Malay Peninsula and East India Islands; in small amounts tinstone is found in many other localities.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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These oxides are commonly met with in samples of wolfram and tinstone, especially niobic.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Stream tin is not pure metallic tin, but is the result of the disintegration of granitic and other rocks which contain veins of tinstone.
Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Henry Lovejoy Ambler 1883
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Of very similar origin is the "Head" of Cornwall, a surface deposit often rich in tinstone and other minerals of economic value.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Tin in the form of tinstone was mined in ancient Britain and it was a major trade item between Britain and the Greeks and Phoenicians of the Mediterranean region.
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