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Where can tin be found on earth?

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Tin is located in group 14 and in the period 5 . It's symbol is Sn.

Tin, on the Periodic Table is under the letter's SN, it's number 50 of the element's between IN (Indium) and SB (Antimony).

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Although the earth's crust contains tin, most tin is found in ores like cassiterite, a type of tin oxide. Tin ore has to be mined and then processed and refined to produce pure tin. Tin is a metal that has an atomic number of 50.

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Romans (and perhaps even Phoenicians) found tin in what is now Cornwall (south west England).

Country Reserves

China 1,500,000

Malaysia 250,000

Peru 310,000

Indonesia 800,000

Brazil 590,000

Bolivia 400,000

Russia 350,000

Thailand 170,000

Australia 180,000

Other 180,000

Total 4,800,000

About 253,000 tonnes of tin have been mined in 2011, mostly in China (110,000 t), Indonesia (51,000 t), Peru (34,600 t), Bolivia (20,700 t) and Brazil (12,000 t).[33] Estimates of tin production have historically varied with the dynamics of economic feasibility and the development of mining

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Tin - Sn is located below carbon, silicon and germanium but above lead.

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