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Mikasaite

Year of discovery: 1994 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of mikasaite

• Fe₂(SO₄)₃
• [Fe³⁺₂][(SO₄)₃]^6-

• Class: Sulfate
• Soluble in: Water
• Deliquescent

• Fe => Al: Millosevichite

• Color: White, Pale brown
• Streak: White, Pale brown
• Luster: Earthy
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Habit: Acicular

• Hardness: 2
• Density: 3.1

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3), R(-3)
• Lattice: a=8.1, c=22.0

Etymology: Mikasa city, Hokkaido, Japan, where this mineral was discovered for the first time.