[f. STANN-UM + -ITE.]
1. Chem. A salt of stannous acid.
1851. Watts, trans. Gmelin’s Hist. Chem., V. 95. Stannite of Potash. Ibid., 95. Stannite of Soda.
1853. Ure, Dict. Arts, II. 711. Stannates and stannites of alkalis are valuable mordants in calico printing.
2. Min. Sulphide of tin, copper, iron and zinc, found in steel-grey masses.
1896. Chester, Dict. Min.
1900. L. Fletcher, in Brit. Mus. Return, 156. Complex twinned crystals of the very rarely crystallised mineral Stannite … have been investigated.
