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Qusongite

Year of discovery: 2007 (Luobusha ophiolite, China), 2020 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of qusongite

• WC
• W(Cr,C)
• [W][C⁰⁺]

• Class: Alloy

• W => (Ti,V,Fe): Khamrabaevite
• W => (Nb,Ta): Niobocarbide
• W => Ta: Tantalcarbide

• Color: Iron black
• Streak: Black
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Cleavage: None
• Hardness: 9.5
• Density: 15.8

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: (-6)m2, P(-6)m2
• Lattice: a=2.9, c=2.8