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Tin Sn
Where is tin used--or where does it impact our everyday lives?
Used for coating the surface of iron food cans--to resist corrosion
Pewter is an alloy of tin--at least 85 % tin. Pewter also contains copper, antimony, bismuth, and in this historic sample, lead--seen at Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK
A common mineral containing tins is cassiterite, SnO2, tin IV oxide, with lepidolite found in Virgem de Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip
More cassiterite, SnO2. This sample is from Cornwall, England, viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip
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Tin is present in the mineral stokesite with albite CaSnSi3O9.2H2O from Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip