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Stannoidite

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Stannoidite

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Description
Locality: 
Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

A rich coverage of bronze-grey masses and grains of stannoidite in matrix, associated with some minor lustrous golden chalcopyrite.
A very good example of this rare sulfosalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stannoidite

Formula: 
Cu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12
Strunz: 
2.CB.15c
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Konjo mine, Aida, Mito-cho, Okayama prefecture, Chugoku region, Honshu Island, Japan
Cartils Minerals

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