"There are only two ores of tin: the peroxide, tin-stone, or Cassiterite; and tin pyrites, sulphide of tin, or Stannine: the former of which alone has been found in sufficient abundance for metallurgical purposes."
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Andrew Ure in: Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Longmans Green, 1878, p. 999.
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