英文单词：cassiterite

中文含义：锡石，一种含锡的矿物。

英语词性：noun

美式音标：kəˈsɪtəˌraɪt

同义词：tinstone, tin oxide

易混淆单词：cassava（木薯）, cassia（肉桂）

双语例句：

1. Many of the world’s tin resources are found in cassiterite-bearing placer deposits, which are formed by the mechanical concentration of heavy minerals from the weathering and erosion of tin-containing rocks.

许多世界锡资源都是在含锡石沉积物中发现的，这些沉积物是由含锡岩石的风化和侵蚀形成的重矿物的机械富集。

2. The cassiterite ore is then heated with carbon in a smelting furnace to produce crude tin metal.

然后，在冶炼炉中，将锡石矿石与碳加热，制成粗锡金属。