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cassiterite definition

cas·sit·er·ite (kə sit′ər īt′)

noun

a very hard and heavy, brown or black mineral, tin dioxide, SnO, the chief ore of tin

Etymology: < Gr kassiteros, tin + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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