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tinstone
[ tin-stohn ]
/ ˈtɪnˌstoʊn /
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Words nearby tinstone
tinselry, Tinseltown, tinsmith, tin soldier, tin spirit, tinstone, tint, tintack, Tintagel Head, tinter, tintinnabular
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How to use tinstone in a sentence
These oxides are commonly met with in samples of wolfram and tinstone, especially niobic.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerTin is found in nature chiefly as the oxide (SnO2), called cassiterite or tinstone.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPhersonVeins of quartz, tourmaline and chlorite may traverse the granite, containing tinstone often in workable quantities.
British Dictionary definitions for tinstone
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