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ˈtin-stone
The most commonly occurring form of tin ore; cassiterite, native tin dioxide (peroxide). Also attrib.
1602Carew Cornwall 86 They discouer these workes, by certaine Tynne-stones, lying on the face of the ground. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2098 Most Tin-stones are porous, not unlike great bones almost throughly calcined. 1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 210 Annular tinstone..is a four sided prism, truncated on all the edges and angles. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1241 There are only two ores of tin; the peroxide, or tin-stone, and tin pyrites. 1905Times 11 Aug. 3/4 In the tinstone works of Malacca. |