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Skippenite

Year of discovery: 1987 (Otish mountains, Canada), 2018 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of skippenite

• Bi₂TeSe₂
• [Bi³⁺₂][Te|Se₂]^6-

• Class: Tetradymite group
• Class: Telluride - Selenide

• Se => Te: Kawazulite

• Se₂ => Te₂: Tellurobismuthite

• TeSe₂ => Se₃: Paraguanajuatite, Guanajuatite
• TeSe₂ => S₃: Bismuthinite

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

• Hardness: 2.5

• System: Trigonal
• Lattice: a=4.2, c=29.1

Etymology: Professor George Skippen (1936 -), geologist in Carleton university, Canada.