cassiterite

See also: cassitérite

English

Cassiterite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”)

Noun

cassiterite (countable and uncountable, plural cassiterites)

(mineralogy) A generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO₂, which is an important ore of tin.

Synonyms

Translations

mineral

Czech: cínovec m, kasiterit m
Finnish: kassiteriitti
French: cassitérite (fr) f
German: Kassiterit m
Italian: cassiterite (it) f

Japanese: 錫石 (すずいし, suzuishi)
Portuguese: cassiterita f
Serbo-Croatian: kasiterit (sh)
Spanish: casiterita f

Further reading

“Cassiterite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“cassiterite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”)

Noun

cassiterite f (plural cassiteriti)

(mineralogy) cassiterite

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