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stan·nite

 (stăn′īt′)
n.
A gray to black mineral, Cu2FeSnS4, having a metallic luster. Also called tin pyrites.

[Late Latin stannum, tin; see stannic + -ite.]
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stannite

(ˈstænaɪt)
n
(Minerals) a grey metallic mineral that consists of a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron and is a source of tin. Formula: Cu2FeSnS4
[C19: from stannum + -ite1]
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stan•nite

(ˈstæn aɪt)

n.
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu2FeSnS4 found in granular masses: an ore of tin.
[1850–55; < Late Latin stann(um) tin + -ite1]
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Noun1.stannite - a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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The micro-sample of metal examined by ICP-MS showed 3.2-4.6 wt% copper, which is associated with copper-tin minerals such as stannite, [Cu.sub.2]FeSn[S.sub.4], which is found in Cornish tin mines.
The CZTS is quaternary compounds of stannite structure; its band gap is about 1.50 ev, which is very close to the best band gap required by semiconductor solar cells (1.35 eV).
Tin does not occur naturally by itself, and must be extracted from a base compound, usually cassiterite, stannite, cylindrite, franckeite, canfieldite, and teallite.
The short-prismatic, face-rich, vaguely barrel-shaped siderite crystals, reaching 2 cm, are gemmy and yellow-brown, and rest on brassy yellow, discoidal crystals of pyrite pseudomorphous after (a first generation of) siderite, with lustrous black crystals of stannite to 3 mm around the points of attachment--making for impressive toenail and small miniature-size specimens.
21 The mineral stannite contains copper, iron and which other metal of which it is an ore?
Appearance of a grey film indicates dissolution as stannite and must be avoided.
The place in question is an entirely landlocked, mountainous, somewhat mysterious-seeming country which boasts a long mining history and has a secure reputation for turning out world-class specimens of--oh, let's see--metallic species (andorite, pyrarygrite, stannite, franckeite, cylindrite), other primary ores (cassiterite, ferberite), and glamorous phosphates (phosphophyl-lite, paravauxite, vivianite, ludlamite) such as we have long admired and lusted after.
Among the three different CZTS structures (kesterite structure (KS), stannite structure (SS), and primitive mixed Cu-Au structure (PCMA)), the most reported one is kesterite structure (KS).
As in all books, there are some errors; for instance, the stannite pictured in the book is really a sphalerite.
The XRD patterns for stannite and kesterite CZTS, [Cu.sub.2]Sn[S.sub.3], and ZnS were very similar, and it was difficult to distinguish.