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Tin Mineral Data
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General Tin Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Sn |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 118.71 gm |
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Tin 100.00 % Sn |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Sn |
| Environment: |
In placer sands(Oban, Australia) and in calcite as discrete grains (Beaverlodge, Canada). |
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric |
| Locality: |
Original locality lost in antiquity. Isolated localites world wide. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
A word of Old English origin, related to the Dutch tin and the German zinn. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Tin  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 40037 |
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PDF 4-673 |
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Tin Image |
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Sorosite Tin Stistaite
Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large sorosite crystal (So=partly skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abundant microcrystals of sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903).
Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer deposit, Chukotka, Russian Far East.
Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm.
© American Mineralogist |
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Tin Crystallography
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:0.5457 |
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 5.831, c = 3.182, Z = 4; V = 108.19 Den(Calc)= 7.29 |
| Crystal System: |
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 41/amd |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.915(1), 2.793(0.9), 2.017(0.74),2.062(0.34), 1.484(0.23), 1.205(0.2), 1.442(0.2), |
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Physical Properties of Tin
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| Cleavage: |
{???} Indistinct |
| Color: |
Grayish white, Tin white. |
| Density: |
7.31 |
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
| Fracture: |
Malleable - Deforms rather than breaking apart with a hammer. |
| Habit: |
Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. |
| Hardness: |
2 - Gypsum |
| Luminescence: |
Non-fluorescent. |
| Luster: |
Metallic |
| Magnetism: |
Nonmagnetic |
| Streak: |
gray white |
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Optical Properties of Tin
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| RL Anisotrophism: |
Moderate. |
| Reflectivity |
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Tin in Air
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R1 |
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∑ R1(λ) |
∑ R2(λ) |
| 400 nm |
76.30 |
72.70 |
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| 420 nm |
79.40 |
74.20 |
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| 440 nm |
81.90 |
75.80 |
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| 460 nm |
84.00 |
77.60 |
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| 480 nm |
85.50 |
79.20 |
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| 500 nm |
86.70 |
80.50 |
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| 520 nm |
87.50 |
81.40 |
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| 540 nm |
88.10 |
81.90 |
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| 560 nm |
88.20 |
82.00 |
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| 580 nm |
88.00 |
81.90 |
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| 600 nm |
87.70 |
81.50 |
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| 620 nm |
87.20 |
81.10 |
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| 640 nm |
86.70 |
80.70 |
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| 660 nm |
86.30 |
80.40 |
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| 680 nm |
85.80 |
80.10 |
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| 700 nm |
85.40 |
79.80 |
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Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Tin in Air
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Calculated Properties of Tin
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.14 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Tin =7.29 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.16
Boson Index = 0.84 |
| Photoelectric: |
PETin = 326.76 barns/electron
U=PETin x rElectron Density=2,006.65 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Tin is Not Radioactive |
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Tin Classification
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.13.01 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.13)Dana Group |
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01.01.13.01 Tin Sn I 41/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m |
| Strunz Class: |
01.AC.10 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys |
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01.AC -Indium-tin family |
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01.AC.10 Tin Sn I 41/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m |
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Other Tin Information
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) |
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Tin :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
9 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info
14 - WWW-MINCRYST
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