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Diaphorite

Year of discovery: 1871 (Příbram, Czech, and Neue Hoffnung Gottes mine, Germany), 1978 (Japan)

Locality list: 4 localities of diaphorite

• Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈
• [Ag⁺₃][Pb²⁺₂][Sb³⁺₃][S₈]^16-

• Class: Freieslebenite group < Ternary sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt

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

• Habit: Prismatic elongated to [001]
• Aggregate: Repeated twin
• Striation: [001]
• Twin: {120}{241}

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Density: 6.1

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, C2₁/a
• Lattice: a=15.8, b=17.9, c=5.9, β=116.4

Etymology: Different in Greek, as it is easily distinguished from freieslebenite.