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CASSITERITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cassiterite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "cassiterite"):
atomic number 50; Sn; tin (a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide)
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