mawsonite
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Mawsonite is a brownish orange sulfosalt mineral, containing copper, iron, tin, and sulfur: Cu6Fe2SnS8.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfosalt subclass of minerals
- Named after
- Douglas Mawson
- Image
- Mawsonite.jpg
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- crystal system
- tetragonal crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.CB.20
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.CB.20
- chemical formula
- Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Maw
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/B.03b
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- Discovery and occurrence
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Mawsonite is a brownish orange sulfosalt mineral, containing copper, iron, tin, and sulfur: Cu6Fe2SnS8.
==Discovery and occurrence== It was first described in 1965 for occurrences in the Royal George mine, Swinton, Tingha, Hardinge County, New South Wales; and the North Lyell mine, Mount Lyell Mine, Queenstown, Tasmania.
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