Cassiterite

Word CASSITERITE
Character 11
Hyphenation cas sit er ite
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Cassiterite"

What do we mean by cassiterite?

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

Native tin dioxid, SnO2, a mineral crystallizing in tetragonal forms, usually of a brown to black color, and having a splendent adamantine luster on the crystalline faces. noun

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See black tin, under black. noun

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

A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin noun

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

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The word "cassiterite" in example sentences

~ Tin is found in nature chiefly as the oxide (SnO_ ), called cassiterite or tinstone. ❋ William McPherson (N/A)

In certain exceptional cases this may contain some unaltered cassiterite, which is easily recognised by its appearance. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

The global coltan price has collapsed, so now they focus hungrily on cassiterite, which is used to make tin cans and other consumer disposables. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Congo is awash with gold, diamonds and metals such as cassiterite and coltan used to weld small pieces together in electronics. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is especially important for those valuable minerals which exhibit a brittle to very brittle tenacity, such as cassiterite, sphalerite and the tungsten minerals scheelite and wolframite. ❋ Unknown (1993)

On April 23rd, Republican senator Sam Brownback introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009, cosponsored by senators Russ Feingold and Dick Durbin, which would require American companies mining coltan, cassiterite, and wolframite to report annually to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency that regulates American financial markets, to disclose the country of origin of the minerals to the Securities and Exchange Commission. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fifteen existing villages of shifting cultivators, and mining settlements for gold, cassiterite and coltan were located in the west section of the Park, though neither they nor the indigenous pygmies were consulted when it was created; and several villages in the buffer zone, where the boundary had never been defined, were sources of conflict. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The minerals in question—cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold and wolframite—are widely used in consumer electronics and other products, although Congo supplies no more than 20% of global demand for these raw materials. ❋ Jason Zweig (2011)

The Kinshasa government recently imposed a new ban on mining in the eastern part of the country, North and South Kivu and Maniema, rich in coltan and cassiterite, used in mobile phones and other electronic items. ❋ Evelyn Leopold (2010)

Congo has diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, cassiterite (tin ore) and coltan as well as timber, coffee and oil, little of which has benefited the Congolese, since the brutal rule of Belgium during colonial times. ❋ Evelyn Leopold (2010)

A month ago, TV5MONDE found that armed elements were systematically pilliaging cassiterite in Walikale [a territory in North Kivu] with the complicity of Kinshasa. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Financial reform is not the place to address Congolese cassiterite and human-rights violations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The measure would require anyone who buys cassiterite or a half-dozen other minerals abroad to certify to federal regulators that the sale did not directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused of human-rights abuses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The recent inclusion of coltan and cassiterite in the DRC? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Building on the work of a coalition of a dozen major humanitarian organizations and industry pioneers, the bill establishes a new mechanism that will limit the ability of armed groups to profit from the illicit mining and sale of cassiterite, coltan, and wolframite and other "conflict minerals." ❋ Unknown (2010)

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