One-half of the world's tin is produced in the Malay States; it is mined chiefly in Selangor and Malacca, and forms the mainstay of the country's prosperity, though, curiously enough, little or no stanniferous deposits have been found on the eastern side of the dividing range. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
It is not a syenite, but probably a granite of new formation, analogous to those to which the stanniferous granites. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The stanniferous glaze, or enamel, contained various minerals and was Luca's own secret; in the firing, it became exceedingly hard, durable, and bright. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
It is not a syenite, but probably a granite of new formation, analogous to those to which the stanniferous granites (hyalomictes) and the pegmatites, or graphic granites, belong. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
Among the relics that have been found in the ruins are some very fine specimens of pottery which are as symmetrical and well finished as if they had been turned on a potter's wheel, and covered with an opaque enamel of stanniferous glaze composed of lead and tin that originated with the Phoenicians, and is as old as history. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Sketches] Reference
A plumbiferous, or lead glaze; or a stanniferous, or tin glaze, we do not know. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Porcelain] Reference
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