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Laitakarite

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Laitakarite

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Description
Locality: 
Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.06 cm
Description

Small fragment on laminar crystals of this very rare selenium and bismuth sulfosalt. We have carried out the SEM-EDS analysis to confirm the presence of the Se. Samples of laitakarite from this copper-zinc-tin-tungsten-arsenic mine, now closed, are very rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laitakarite

Formula: 
Bi4Se2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Orijärvi, Kisko, Salo, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Laitakarite