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Samaniite

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

Locality list: A locality of samaniite

• Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈
• [Cu²⁺₂][Fe²⁺₅][Ni²⁺₂][S₈]

• Class: Sulfide

• Cleavage: No

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4/mmm, P4₂/mmm
• Lattice: a=10.1, c=10.4

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