Cassiterite [ SnO2 ]
Images of Cassiterite
Material properties
| Formula | SnO2 |
| Abbreviation | Cst |
| Classifications | Tin dioxide, Rutile (group) |
| Luminescence emitters | Intrinsic, Tb, Ti, W |
| Spectra | Luminescence (2), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1832 |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Mineral, Simple oxide |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| O | 2 |
| Sn | 1 |
| Total: | 3 |
References for Cassiterite
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Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Crabtree 1974 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaft et al. 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hall & Ribbe 1971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO CL spectra 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Specimens of Cassiterite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Phase purity | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M0160 Diaspore / Cassiterite | CSIRO | Cassiterite (16.7%), Diaspore | 16.7 | 0 | — | |
| M2333 Schorl / Topaz / Quartz | CSIRO | Cassiterite (3.9%), Goethite, Quartz, Schorl, Topaz | 3.9 | 0 | — | |
| M0394 Stannite | CSIRO | Cassiterite (3.1%), Stannite | 3.1 | 0 | — | |
| M2783 Goethite / Quartz | CSIRO | Cassiterite (2.7%), Goethite, Quartz | 2.7 | 0 | — | |
| M2729 Bornite / Muscovite | CSIRO | Bornite, Calcite, Cassiterite (1.9%), Kaolinite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Siderite | 1.9 | 0 | — | |
| M1135 Amblygonite | CSIRO | Amblygonite, Cassiterite (1.0%), Lacroixite, Variscite, Wavellite | 1.0 | 1 | Reflectance | |
| S-18-001 Monazite | CSIRO | Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite, REE, Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon | — | 3 | CL | |
| SnO2 Hyper2-6 | CSIRO | Cassiterite, Tin oxide, Inclusion in SnO2 Hyper2-6 | — | 1 | SXES |
