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Definition of Stannite

1. Noun. A dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin.

Definition of Stannite

1. Noun. a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulphide of copper, iron and tin, Cu₂FeSnS₄, used as an ore of tin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stannite

1. an ore of tin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Stannite

1. A mineral of a steelgray or iron-black colour; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stannite

Literary usage of Stannite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tin Deposits of the World, with a Chapter on Tin Smelting by Sydney Fawns (1907)
"TIN occurs in many forms as :. Native tin. stannite (tin pyrites, sulphuret of tin, tin sulphide). Cassiterite (tin ore, black tin, tin oxide). ..."

2. Tin Deposits of the World, with a Chapter on Tin Smelting by Sydney Fawns (1907)
"TIN occurs in many forms as : Native tin. stannite (tin pyrites, sulphuret of tin, tin sulphide). Cassiterite (tin ore, black tin, tin oxide). ..."

3. Tin Deposits of the World, with a Chapter on Tin Smelting by Sydney Fawns (1907)
"TIN occurs in many forms as : Native tin. stannite (tin pyrites, sulphuret of tin, tin sulphide). Cassiterite (tin ore, black tin, tin oxide). ..."

4. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"TIN. The chief and almost the only ore mineral of tin is cassiterite, the dioxide of tin (SnO2). The mineral stannite (L. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing; Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Robert Macfarlane (1860)
"stannite of soda is made by putting 4 Ibs. of common salt, 13i Ibs. of caustic soda, 1 Ib. of nitrate of soda, and 4 Ibs. of feathered block-tin into a hot ..."

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