| diaphaneity = Transparent when light colored, dark material nearly opaque; commonly zoned
| other =
| references = <ref name=Handbook>[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cassiterite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy] {{Webarchive|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20121011125123/http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cassiterite.pdf |date=11 أكتوبر 2012}}</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-917.html Mindat] {{Webarchive|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180708103754/https://www.mindat.org/min-917.html |date=08 يوليو 2018}}</ref><ref name=Webmin>[http://webmineral.com/data/Cassiterite.shtml Webmineral] {{Webarchive|url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20180708075548/http://webmineral.com/data/Cassiterite.shtml |date=08 يوليو 2018}}</ref><ref name=Klein>{{مرجع كتاب |الأخير=Hurlbut |الأول=Cornelius S. |الأخير2=Klein |الأول2=Cornelis |السنةسنة=1985 |العنوانعنوان=Manual of Mineralogy |الإصدارإصدار=20th |الناشرناشر=John Wiley and Sons |المكانمكان=New York |الصفحاتصفحات=306–307 |الرقم المعياري=0-471-80580-7 }}</ref>
