Crystallomorphology of Cassiterite and Its Practical Importance

Abstract

The methods of applied mineralogy are used to assess the scale of the mineralization of tin occurrences and deposits. One of such methods is the crystallomorphological method for estimating the level of tin ore bodies developed by N.Z. Evzikova. According to the crystallomorphological features of cassiterite it allows one to estimate the possible depth of distribution of mineralization and its magnitude. Using the example of three studied tin-ore districts of the Far East the possibilities of using crystallomorphology of cassiterite to predict and evaluate the prospect of mineralization of both the ore region as a whole and individual ore occurrence at the exploration stage are shown.