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Horomanite

Year of discovery: 2008 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of horomanite

• Fe₆Ni₃S₈
• [Fe²⁺₆][Ni²⁺₃][S₈]

• Class: Sulfide

• Cleavage: Good

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4/mmm, P4/mmm
• Lattice: a=8.7, c=10.4

Etymology: Horoman river in Hokkaido island, Japan, where this mineral was discovered for the first time.