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cas·sit·er·ite  (k-st-rt)

n.

A light yellow, red-brown, or black mineral, SnO₂, that is an important tin ore. Also called tinstone.

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[French cassitérite, from Greek kassiteros, tin.]

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cassiterite - a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin atomic number 50, Sn, tin - a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition