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 | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1135 Amblygonite | CSIRO | Amblygonite, Cassiterite, Lacroixite, Variscite, Wavellite | 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 |
