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Minakawaite

Year of discovery: 2020 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of minakawaite

• RhSb
• [Rh³⁺][Sb]^3-

• Class: Antimonide

• Rh => Pd: Sudburyite
• Rh => Ni: Breithauptite
• Rh => Pt: Stumpflite

• Sb => (Cu,Ge): Michitoshiite-(Cu)
• Sb => As: Ruthenarsenite

• Color: Silver
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnma
• Lattice: a=5.9, b=3.8, c=6.3

Etymology: Prof. Tetsuo Minakawa, mineralogist at Ehime University.