v0.31:Cassiterite

Cassiterite

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Uses
Ore of tin (100%) Masonry Stone crafting Construction
Location
Found in alluvial layers as small clusters Found within granite as veins
Properties
Material value 2☼ Fire-safe Magma-safe Melting point 12025 °U (m) Boiling point 14000 °U (m) Ignition point none (m) Solid density 2670 kg/m³ Specific heat 800 J/kg·K Color not found
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Cassiterite is the only ore of tin. This ore can also be smelted with others to create bronze, trifle pewter, and fine pewter.

Cassiterite is also the main component of tin glaze.

Smelting

Cassiterite is a required ingredient to make several types of metal alloy bars from ore at a smelter:

• Tin bars
• Bronze bars - with native copper, malachite, or tetrahedrite
• Trifle pewter bars - with native copper, malachite or tetrahedrite (takes 2 cassiterite)
• Fine pewter bars - with native copper, malachite or tetrahedrite (takes 3 cassiterite)

The above can also be made from bars of tin combined with bars of the appropriate metals. Note that bismuth bronze and lay pewter, both of which require tin, cannot be made directly from cassiterite, but must be made using tin bars.

See metal for a full discussion of formulae and options.

In the real world, cassiterite is quite valuable due to the fact that many modern electronics use tin as soldering.

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  Cassiterite, 3-4 cm

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  Cassiterite on quartz

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  Cassiterite on a rock

Raws
[INORGANIC:CASSITERITE] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_TEMPLATE] [STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:cassiterite][DISPLAY_COLOR:6:7:0][TILE:156] [ENVIRONMENT:ALLUVIAL:CLUSTER_SMALL:100] [ENVIRONMENT_SPEC:GRANITE:VEIN:100] [ITEM_SYMBOL:'*'] [METAL_ORE:TIN:100] [MATERIAL_VALUE:2] [IS_STONE] [MELTING_POINT:12025] [MATERIAL_REACTION_PRODUCT:GLAZE_MAT:INORGANIC:TIN_GLAZE]

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