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Toyohaite

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Toyoha mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Formula:
Ag
 
2
FeSn
 
3
S
 
8
System:TetragonalColour:Gray-brown
Hardness:4
Name:Named after its discovery locality, Toyoha Mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.



Classification of Toyohaite

IMA status:Approved 1989
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.06-160
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.DA.10

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
A : M:S = 3:4
Dana 8th edition ID:2.10.3.2

2 : SULFIDES
10 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 3:4
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Type Occurrence of Toyohaite

Type Locality:Toyoha mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Place of Conservation of Type Material:Geology Museum (Geological Survey of Japan)
Year of Discovery:1991

Physical Properties of Toyohaite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Gray-brown
Hardness (Mohs):4

Crystallography of Toyohaite

Crystal System:Tetragonal

Chemical Properties of Toyohaite

Formula:
Ag
 
2
FeSn
 
3
S
 
8
Essential elements:Ag, Fe, S, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Ag, Fe, S, Sn
Common Impurities:Cu,Zn,Cd

Relationship of Toyohaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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2.DA.05Bornhardtite
Co
2+
 
Co
3+
2
Se
 
4
2.DA.05Carrollite
Cu(Co,Ni)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Cuproiridsite
(Cu,Fe)Ir
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Cuprorhodsite
(Cu,Fe)Rh
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Daubréelite
Fe
2+
 
Cr
3+
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Fletcherite
Cu(Ni,Co)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Florensovite
(Cu,Zn)Cr
 
1.5
Sb
 
0.5
S
 
4
2.DA.05Greigite
Fe
2+
 
Fe
3+
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Indite
FeIn
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Kalininite
ZnCr
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Linnaeite
Co
2+
 
Co
3+
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Malanite
Cu(Pt
3+
 
,Ir
3+
 
)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Polydymite
Ni
2+
 
Ni
3+
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Siegenite
CoNi
 
2
S
 
4
 -NiCo
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Trüstedtite
Ni
 
3
Se
 
4
2.DA.05Tyrrellite
Cu(Co
3+
 
,Ni
3+
 
)
 
2
Se
 
4
2.DA.05Violarite
Fe
2+
 
Ni
3+
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Xingzhongite
(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Ferrorhodsite
(Fe,Cu)(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Cadmoindite
CdIn
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.05Cuprokalininite
CuCr
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.10Rhodostannite
Cu
 
2
FeSn
 
3
S
 
8
2.DA.15Brezinaite
Cr
 
3
S
 
4
2.DA.15Heideite
(Fe,Cr)
 
1.15
(Ti,Fe)
 
2
S
 
4
2.DA.20Inaglyite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Ir,Pt)
 
8
S
 
16
2.DA.20Konderite
Cu
 
3
Pb(Rh,Pt,Ir)
 
8
S
 
16
2.DA.25Kingstonite
(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
3
S
 
4

Other Names for Toyohaite

Synonyms:
Ag-RhodostanniteIMA1989-007
Other Languages:
German:Ag-rhodostannit
Toyohait
Russian:Тойохаит
Spanish:Toyohaita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Toyohaite

Reference List:

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Mineralogical Journal, Japan (1991): 15(5): 222-232.

American Mineralogist (1992): 77: 1117.

New Minerals (1997), New Minerals 1990-1994.

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    • Localities for Toyohaite

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    • Jujuy
    		Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
      • Rinconada Department
    		Brodtkorb, "Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina" (2002); DE BRODTKORB, Milka K. Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina: A review. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 365-372.
    Rob Lavinsky specimen; Amer.Min.(2000) 85, 1066-1075
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      • Sapporo
    		Min. Jour. (Japan): 15:222-232.
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