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Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today. It is also a semiconductor.
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TTTA extracted 60 structured relationships around Cassiterite. Examples in this analysis include Cassiterite → Birefringence → δ = 0.103 and Cassiterite → Category → Oxide minerals. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassiterite | Birefringence | δ = 0.103 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Category | Oxide minerals | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Cleavage | {100} imperfect, {110} indistinct; partings on {111} or {011} | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Color | Black, brownish black, reddish brown, brown, red, yellow, gray, white; rarely colorless | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Crystal class | Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Crystal habit | Pyramidic, prismatic, radially fibrous botryoidal crusts and concretionary masses; coarse to fine granular, massive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Crystal system | Tetragonal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Diaphaneity | Transparent when light colored, dark material nearly opaque; commonly zoned | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Formula | SnO2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Fracture | Subconchoidal to uneven | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Fusibility | infusible | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | IMA symbol | Cst | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Luster | Adamantine to adamantine metallic, splendent; may be greasy on fractures | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Mohs scale hardness | 6–7 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Optical properties | Uniaxial (+) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Pleochroism | Pleochroic haloes have been observed. Dichroic in yellow, green, red, brown, usually weak, or absent, but strong at times | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Refractive index | nω = 1.990–2.010 nε = 2.093–2.100 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Solubility | insoluble | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Space group | P42/mnm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Specific gravity | 6.98–7.1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Streak | White to brownish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Strunz classification | 4.DB.05 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Tenacity | Brittle | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Twinning | Very common on {011}, as contact and penetration twins, geniculated; lamellar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | Unit cell | a = 4.7382(4) Å, c = 3.1871(1) Å; Z = 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cassiterite | is a | tin oxide mineral | 0.90 | text |
| Cassiterite | is a | widespread minor constituent of igneous rocks | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Cassiterite bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tin, Found and Botryoidal. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Cassiterite, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cassiterite with Occurrence. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Cassiterite to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Occurrence, Etymology & Gallery, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Cassiterite · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout