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Name: Cassiterite RRUFF ID: R060563 Ideal Chemistry: SnO2 Locality: unknown Source: Gemological Institute of America 17 Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown fragment Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis |
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| RRUFF ID: | R060563.1 | |||||||
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a: 4.7385(1)Å b: 4.7385(1)Å c: 3.1869(1)Å alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 71.558(3) Crystal System: tetragonal |
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| REFERENCES for Cassiterite | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Beudant F S (1832) Cassitérite, étain oxidé, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition Paris 618-620 [view file] |
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Baur W H (1956) Über die verfeinerung der kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger vertreter des rutiltyps: TiO2, SnO2, GeO2 und MgF2, Acta Crystallographica, 9, 515-520 [link] |
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Neiva A M R (1996) Geochemistry of cassiterite and its inclusions and exclution products from tin and tungsten deposits in Portugal, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 745-768 [view file] |
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Masau M, Cerný P, Chapman R (2000) Exsolution of zirconian-hafnian wodginite from Manganoan-tantalian cassiterite, Annie Clain #3 granitic pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 685-694 [view file] |
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Serranti S, Ferrini V, Masi U, Cabri L J (2002) Trace-element distribution in cassiterite and sulfides from Rubané and massive ores of the Corvo deposit, Portugal: erratum, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1551-1551 [view file] |
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Mlynarczyk M S J, Williams-Jones A E (2006) Zoned tourmaline associated with cassiterite: implications for fluid evolution and tin mineralization in the San Rafael SnCu deposit, southeastern Peru, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 347-365 [view file] |
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