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Bowieite

Year of discovery: 1980 (Salmon river, USA), 2020 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of bowieite

• Rh₂S₃
• (Rh,Ir,Pt)₂S₃
• [Rh³⁺₂][S]₃^6-

• Class: Sulfide

• Rh => Sb: Stibnite, Metastibnite
• Rh => Bi: Bismuthinite
• Rh => As: Orpiment
• Rh => Sn: Ottemannite
• Rh => Cr: Schreibersite
• Rh => Ir: Kashinite

• Color: Gray
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Hardness: 7
• Density: 6.9

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnca
• Lattice: a=8.5, b=6.0, c=6.1