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Clerite

Year of discovery: 1995 (Vorontsovskoe, Russia), 1990 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of clerite

• MnSb₂S₄
• [Mn²⁺][Sb³⁺₂][S₄]^8-

• Class: Berthierite subgroup < Boulangerite group < Rod-type Pb sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt

• Mn => Fe: Berthierite

• Color: Black
• Streak: Brown
• Luster: Sub-Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 3.5-4
• Density: 4.7

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnam
• Lattice: a=11.5, b=14.4, c=3.8