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Line 9: \| caption = Cassiterite with [[muscovite]], from Xuebaoding, Huya, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan, China (size: 100 x 95 mm, 1128 g) \| formula = SnO<sub>2</sub> \| IMAsymbol=Cst<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Warr\|first=L.N.\|date=2021\|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols~~\|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A~~\|journal=Mineralogical Magazine\|volume=85\|issue=3\|pages=291–320\|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43\|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W\|s2cid=235729616\|doi-access=free}}</ref> \| molweight = \| strunz = 4.DB.05 Line 42: ==Occurrence== [[File:Cassiterite.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Cassiterite [[bipyramids]], edge length ~~ca.~~ {{circa\|30 mm}}, [[Sichuan]], China]] [[Image:Cassiterite - Blue Tier tinfield, Tasmania, Australia.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Close up of cassiterite crystals, Blue Tier tinfield, [[Tasmania]], Australia]] Line 63: Cassiterite is also used as a [[gemstone]] and collector specimens when quality crystals are found. [[File:Cassiterite-43265.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|left\|Stalactitic-botryoidal, banded, "wood tin" cassiterite, {{cvt\|5.0 \|x \|4.9 \|x \|3.3 \|cm}}, [[Durango]], Mexico]] ==Etymology== Line 69: {{clear}} == Use == It may be primary used as a raw material for [[tin]] extraction and smelting. ==References==