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Tin-rich garnet, pyroxene, and spinel from a slag

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

B. C. M. Butler*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR

Summary

Garnet containing up to 26% SnO2, and pyroxene and spinel containing 12% and 10% SnO2 respectively, occur in a tin-refining slag in association with cassiterite. These tin contents probably represent minimum values for the limit of ionic replacement of Sn4+ in the structure of these minerals. The absence of tin from coexisting melilite suggests that Sn4+ is only able to substitute for ions in octahedral co-ordination.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1978

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