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Tin Mineral Data

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General Tin Information

Chemical Formula: Composition: Sn Molecular Weight = 118.71 gm
Tin 100.00 % ______ 100.00 % Sn

Empirical Formula: Environment: IMA Status: Locality: Name Origin: Name Pronunciation: Synonym:

Sn In placer sands(Oban, Australia) and in calcite as discrete grains (Beave Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric Original locality lost in antiquity. Isolated localites world wide. Link to Min Data. A word of Old English origin, related to the Dutch tin and the German zin Tin ICSD 40037 PDF 4-673

Tin Image
Images: Tin

Comments: Stream rounded silvery metallic tin grains. Location: Near Oban, New South Wales, Australia. Scale Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Images: Tin Sorosite Stistaite

Comments: Back-scattered electron image of large soros skeletal) adjacent to stistaite (St). Tn=native tin. Note abun sorosite isolated within native tin. (AmMin 83:903). Location: Baimka gold-platinum group mineral placer dep Russian Far East. Scale: Image Size 1.5 cm. American Mineralogist

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Tin Crystallography
Axial Ratios: Cell Dimensions: Crystal System: X Ray Diffraction: Crystal Structure:
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a:c = 1:0.5457 a = 5.831, c = 3.182, Z = 4; V = 108.19 Den(Calc)= 7.29 Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Spac By Intensity(I/Io): 2.915(1), 2.793(0.9), 2.017(0.74),2.062(0.34), 1.484(0.2 1.442(0.2),

Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (196 edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, known as white tin Large Pop-Up

Physical Properties of Tin

Cleavage: Color: Density: Diaphaneity: Fracture: Habit: Hardness: Luminescence: Luster: Magnetism: Streak: {???} Indistinct Grayish white, Tin white. 7.31 Opaque Malleable - Deforms rather than breaking apart with a hammer. Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. 2 - Gypsum Non-fluorescent. Metallic Nonmagnetic gray white

Optical Properties of Tin

RL Anisotrophism: Reflectivity Moderate.
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Tin in Air R1 R2 R1() R2()

400 nm 76.30 72.70 420 nm 79.40 74.20 440 nm 81.90 75.80 460 nm 84.00 77.60 480 nm 85.50 79.20 500 nm 86.70 80.50 520 nm 87.50 81.40 540 nm 88.10 81.90 560 nm 88.20 82.00 580 nm 88.00 81.90 600 nm 87.70 81.50 620 nm 87.20 81.10 640 nm 86.70 80.70 660 nm 86.30 80.40

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680 nm 85.80 80.10 700 nm 85.40 79.80 Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Tin in Air Relative 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% Intensity R1 R2

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Calculated Properties of Tin

Electron Density: Fermion Index: Photoelectric: Radioactivity: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.14 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Tin =7.29 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.16 Boson Index = 0.84 PETin = 326.76 barns/electron U=PETin x Electron Density=2,006.65 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Tin is Not Radioactive

Tin Classification
Dana Class: 01.01.13.01 (01)Native Elements (01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group (01.01.13)Dana Group
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 an carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) 01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys 01.AC -Indium-tin family
01.AC.10 Tin Sn I 41/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

Other Tin Information

References: See Also:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) OPTIC PROP.(An 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 Search for Tin using:

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