1980年在研究广西某铌、钽、钨、锡矿化花岗岩小岩株时,发现了一种富含锡的桔红色矿物,前人曾称之为胶态锡石或疑为钛钽铌酸盐矿物,经系统研究后确定为水锡石。 水锡石是一种较少见的锡矿物。最初发现于玻利维亚(Herzenberg,1946)和当时的比属刚果(Buttgenbach,1947)。在随后的卅多年中,仅在英国(Russell和Vincent,1952)、马来西亚(Bradford,1960,Alexander和Flinter,1956,Singh和Bean,1967)、法国(Bonnici et al,1964)、澳大利亚 In 1980, when studying a niobium, tantalum, tungsten and tin mineralized granite rock in Guangxi, a tin-rich orange-red mineral was discovered. Previously, it was called colloidal cassiterite or suspected titanium tantalum niobate Mineral, after systematic study identified as cassiterite. Cassiterite is a rare tin mineral. Originally found in Bolivia (Herzenberg, 1946) and the then Belgian Congo (Buttgenbach, 1947). In the ensuing years, studies were conducted only in the United Kingdom (Russell and Vincent, 1952), Malaysia (Bradford, 1960, Alexander and Flinter, 1956, Singh and Bean, 1967), France (Bonnici et al., 1964)