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Minakawaite

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

Locality list: A locality of minakawaite

• RhSb
• [Rh][Sn]

• Class: Alloy

• Sn => (Cu,Ge): Michitoshiite-(Cu)

• 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.