stanniten.
/ˈstanʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈstæˌnaɪt/ 1. Chemistry. A salt of stannous acid.
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salt of antimony1670
tungstate1800
aluminate1814
boletate1815
sylvate1836
ulmate1836
rhodizonate1838
stannate1839
opianate1845
gold salt1846
pentathionate1848
tetrathionate1848
stannite1851
taurocholate1857
brassate1863
otavite1906
adenylate1925
perrhenate1929
pertechnetate1949
pertechnate1951
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 95 Stannite of Potash.
1851 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. V. 98 Stannite of Soda.
1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 711 Stannates and stannites of alkalis are valuable mordants in calico printing.
2. Mineralogy. Sulphide of tin, copper, iron and zinc, found in steel-grey masses. [ < French stannine (F. S. Beudant Traité élémentaire de Minéralogie (ed. 2, 1832) II. 416).]
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tin pyrites1796
stannine1843
onofrite1849
stannite1868
guadalcazarite1875
stilleite1957
kësterite1958
stannoidite1969
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 68 Stannite... Probably tetragonal, and hemihedral like chalcopyrite.
1896 in A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals
1900 L. Fletcher in Brit. Mus. Return 156 Complex twinned crystals of the very rarely crystallised mineral Stannite..have been investigated.
1976 Nature 10 June 482/2 The Japanese ores, however, contain tin minerals other than cassiterite (for instance, stannite, stannoidite, and mawsonite).
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