| Name |
|
Cassiterite |
| Chemistry |
|
SnO2 |
| Hardness |
|
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 |
|
[100] perfect, [110] indistinct, fracture
conchoidal to uneven |
| other characteristics
and occurrences |
|
important tin ore, in primary
(pegmatites, hydrothermal vein) and secondary deposits (placer) |
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