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Kinichilite

Year of discovery: 1981 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of kinichilite

• (NaH)Fe₂(TeO₃)₃,3H₂O
• (Na_xH_2-x)(Fe,Mg,Zn)₂(TeO₃)₃,3H₂O
• [Na⁺H⁺][Fe²⁺₂][(TeO₃)₃]^6-,3H₂O

• Class: Zemannite group
• Class: Tellurite - Hydrate

• NaHFe²⁺ => Mg_0.5Fe³⁺: Zemannite

• Color: Dark brown
• Streak: Brown
• Luster: Sub-Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Habit: Hexagonal prism

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 2
• Density: 4.1

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: 6/m, P3₁/m
• Lattice: a=9.5, c=7.7

Etymology: Dr. Kin-ichi Sakurai (1912-1993), Japanese amateur collector of minerals. He is also the etymology of Sakuraiite.