Cassiterite Photos  
Cochise College               
Photos of Minerals
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

[email protected]    copyright 2010-R.Weller 

 
wood tin-3
Taylor Creek District, New Mexico 
Cassiterite is SnO₂
Cassiterite, tin oxide, is the primary ore of tin.  The specimens shown below are
known as "wood tin" because of their brown, wood-like color and texture.  In
scientific terms these rounded nodules of cassiterite are described as reniform
and botryoidal.  The nodules have a radiating fibrous structure with concentric
banding.  The nodules in this photo are just under one centimeter in length.
 

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Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.