Category
page 1Tin mining

cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today.
Saint Piran
Cornish abbot and saint
three hares
traditional motif showing three hares sharing ears
Tin sources and trade in ancient times
archaeological site
tin mining
Process of extracting tin from the ground
history of mining in Cornwall and Devon
subject history of area of England
Ictis
Ictis () was a British island described as a tin trading centre in the Bibliotheca historica of the Sicilian-Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the first century BC.