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Misakiite

Year of discovery: 2015 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of misakiite

• Cu₃MnCl₂(OH)₆
• [Cu²⁺₃][Mn²⁺][(OH)₆|Cl₂]^8-

• Class: Paratacamite group
• Class: Chloride - Hydroxide

• Mn => Cu: Atacamite, Botallackite, Clinoatacamite, Anatacamite
• Mn => (Cu,Zn): Paratacamite
• Mn => Zn: Herbertsmithite, Kapellasite
• Mn => Ni: Gillardite
• Mn => Mg: Haydeeite

• Color: Green, Dark green
• Streak: Pale green
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Habit: Hexagonal tabular

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3), P(-3)m1
• Lattice: a=6.4, c=5.7

Etymology: Misaki village, Ehime prefecture, Japan, where this mineral was discovered for the first time.