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Cassiterite, etc.

Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Cassiterite, etc.

Elsmore Tin Mine, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stannite, etc.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Cassiterite, etc.

Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Cassiterite, etc.

Elsmore Tin Mine, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

Stannite, etc.

Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Cassiterite, etc.

Aberfoyle Mine, Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Cassiterite, etc.

Elsmore Tin Mine, Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

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About ZinnerzHide

Synonym of:

Cassiterite, Stannite

This page provides mineralogical data about Zinnerz.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

9242

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:9242:1

Age distributionHide

Recorded ages:

Mesoarchean to Jurassic : 2974 ± 59 Ma to 156 ± 4 Ma - based on 14 recorded ages.

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:

	1
SnO	91.67 %
Nb₂O₅	3.97 %
Ta₂O₅	4.36 %
Total:	100 %

Sample references:

ID	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Kawadgaon-Challanpara pegmatite field, Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh, India	Singh, Yamuna, Pandit, P. S. C., Bagora, Sanjay, Jain, P. K. (2017) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of co-genetic granite-pegmatite-hosted rare metal and rare earth deposits of the Kawadgaon area, Bastar craton, Central India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 89 (2) 115-130 doi:10.1007/s12594-017-0574-2	EMPA analysis of cassiterite from a granite pegmatite

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0009162	Cassiterite	Baur W H (1956) Uber die verfeinerung der kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger vertreter des rutiltyps: TiO2, SnO2, GeO2 und MgF2 Acta Crystallographica 9 515-520	1956		293
0009406	Cassiterite	Baur W H, Khan A A (1971) Rutile-type compounds. VI. SiO2, GeO2 and a comparison with other rutile-type structures Acta Crystallographica B27 2133-2139	1971		293
0019242	Cassiterite	Bolzan A A, Fong C, Kennedy B J, Howard C J (1997) Structural studies of rutile-type metal dioxides Acta Crystallographica B53 373-380	1997	synthetic	293
0011761	Cassiterite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Rutile structure Crystal Structures 1 239-444	1963		293
0005152	Stannite	Hall S R, Szymanski J T, Stewart J M (1978) Kesterite, Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4, and stannite, Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4, structurally similar but distinct minerals The Canadian Mineralogist 16 131-137	1978		293
0005838	Stannite	Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Bernardini G P, Menchetti S (2003) A model for the mechanism of incorporation of Cu, Fe and Zn in the stannite - kesterite series, Cu2FeSnS4 - Cu2ZnSnS4 The Canadian Mineralogist 41 639-647	2003		293
0005839	Stannite	Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Bernardini G P, Menchetti S (2003) A model for the mechanism of incorporation of Cu, Fe and Zn in the stannite - kesterite series, Cu2FeSnS4 - Cu2ZnSnS4 The Canadian Mineralogist 41 639-647	2003		293
0005840	Stannite	Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Bernardini G P, Menchetti S (2003) A model for the mechanism of incorporation of Cu, Fe and Zn in the stannite - kesterite series, Cu2FeSnS4 - Cu2ZnSnS4 The Canadian Mineralogist 41 639-647	2003		293
0010546	Stannite	Brockway L O (1934) The crystal structure of stannite, Cu2FeSnS4 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 89 434-441	1934	Oruro, Bolivia	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Cassiterite'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Baur W H'
_journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica'
_journal_volume 9 
_journal_year 1956
_journal_page_first 515
_journal_page_last 520
_publ_section_title
;
 Uber die verfeinerung der kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger vertreter
 des rutiltyps: TiO2, SnO2, GeO2 und MgF2
;
_database_code_amcsd 0009162
_chemical_formula_sum 'Sn O2'
_cell_length_a 4.737
_cell_length_b 4.737
_cell_length_c 3.185
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 71.469
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      7.003
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 42/m n m'
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  '1/2-y,1/2+x,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  'x,y,-z'
  '-x,-y,z'
  'y,x,z'
  '-y,-x,-z'
  '1/2-y,1/2+x,1/2-z'
  '1/2+y,1/2-x,1/2+z'
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_atom_site_label
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_atom_site_fract_y
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_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Sn   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.00127
O   0.30700   0.30700   0.00000   0.00127

Other InformationHide

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References for ZinnerzHide

Reference List:

Leonhard (1821): 218.

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

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