Cassiterite

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Cassiterite

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Uses
Ore of tin Smelting bronze, trifle pewter and fine pewter Masonry Stone crafting Construction
Location
Soil (as small clusters) Granite (as veins)
Properties
Economic stone Material value 2
Wikipedia article

Cassiterite is an ore that can be smelted directly into tin (only source), or combined to create bronze, trifle pewter and fine pewter. In the world of Dwarf Fortress cassiterite is found in layers of soil as small clusters and in layers of granite as veins.

Smelting

Cassisterite is needed to make several types of metal bars at a smelter:

• Tin bars
• Bronze bars - with copper nuggets, malachite, or tetrahedrite
• Trifle pewter bars - with copper nuggets, malachite or tetrahedrite (takes 2 cassiterite)
• Fine pewter bars - with copper nuggets, malachite or tetrahedrite (takes 3 cassiterite)

Stone
Sedimentary	Sandstone • Siltstone • Mudstone • Shale • Claystone • Rock salt • Limestone • Conglomerate • Dolomite • Flint • Chert • Chalk
Igneous I.	Granite • Diorite • Gabbro
Igneous E.	Rhyolite • Basalt • Andesite • Felsite • Obsidian
Metamorphic	Quartzite • Slate • Phyllite • Schist • Gneiss • Marble
Unique	Bauxite • Lignite • Bituminous coal • Graphite • Kimberlite
Ore	Bismuthinite • Cassiterite • Copper nuggets • Galena • Garnierite • Gold nuggets • Hematite • Horn silver • Limonite • Magnetite • Malachite • Native aluminum • Platinum nuggets • Raw adamantine • Silver nuggets • Sphalerite • Tetrahedrite