Miharaite
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Formula:
Cu4FePbBiS6
Colour:
Pale gray to grayish-white in reflected light
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
4
Specific Gravity:
6.06 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Name:
Named in 1980 by Asahiko Sugaki, Hiromi Shima, and Arashi Kitakaze after the type locality, Mihara Mine, Okayama, Japan.
This page provides mineralogical data about Miharaite.
Classification of Miharaite
Approved
First published:
1980
2/E.28-10
2.LB.05
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
L : Unclassified Sulfosalts
B : With essential Pb
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
L : Unclassified Sulfosalts
B : With essential Pb
3.1.5.1
3 : SULFOSALTS
1 : ø > 4
3 : SULFOSALTS
1 : ø > 4
5.8.9
5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
8 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni
5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
8 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni
Physical Properties of Miharaite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Pale gray to grayish-white in reflected light
Hardness:
4 on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN25=190 - 230 kg/mm2 (15 s test time) - Vickers
Density:
6.06 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Miharaite
Anisotropism:
moderate anisotropism from grayish-blue to pinkish-brown
Bireflectance:
faint
Reflectivity:
480nm | R1=29.6% | R2= 30.0% |
546nm | R1=30.8% | R2= 31.5% |
589nm | R1=31.7% | R2= 32.6% |
657nm | R1=32.1% | R2= 34.2% |
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 34.2%.
R1 shown in black, R2 shown in red
Colour in reflected light:
pale gray to grayish white
Internal Reflections:
None
Chemical Properties of Miharaite
Formula:
Cu4FePbBiS6
IMA Formula:
PbCu4FeBiS6
Crystallography of Miharaite
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.85 Å, b = 11.98 Å, c = 3.87 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 0.906 : 1 : 0.323
Unit Cell V:
503.03 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
2
Comment:
Space group Pbnm, Pb2n, or pb2tm
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0012478 | Miharaite | Petrova I V, Pobedimskaya E A, Bryzgalov I A (1988) Crystal structure of micharaite Cu4FePbBiS6 Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 299 123-127 | 1988 | 0 | 293 |
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Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
• Contact metamorphism, skarn
Type Occurrence of Miharaite
General Appearance of Type Material:
minute (<0.3 mm) grains in bornite
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Institute of Mineralogy Petrology, and Economic Geology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Bornite rich skarn
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
Sugaki, A., Shima, H., Kitakaze, A. (1980) Miharaite, Cu4FePbBiS6, a new mineral from the Mihara mine, Okayama, Japan. American Mineralogist: 65: 784-788.
Synonyms of Miharaite
Other Language Names for Miharaite
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
2.LB.30 | Ardaite | Pb19Sb13S35Cl7 | Mon. |
2.LB.30 | Launayite | CuPb10(Sb,As)12S20 | Mon. |
2.LB.30 | Madocite | Pb19(Sb,As)16S43 | Orth. |
2.LB.30 | Playfairite | Pb16(Sb,As)19S44Cl | Mon. |
2.LB.30 | Sorbyite | CuPb9(Sb,As)11S26 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
2.LB.30 | Sterryite | Cu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19(Sb,As)22(As-As)S56 | Mon. 2/m |
2.LB.35 | Larosite | (Cu,Ag)21PbBiS13 | Orth. |
2.LB.40 | Petrovicite | Cu3HgPbBiSe5 | Orth. |
2.LB.40 | Mazzettiite | Ag3HgPbSbTe5 | Orth. |
2.LB.45 | Crerarite | Pt2-x(Bi,Pb)11(S,Se)11 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
3.1.5.2 | Ángelaite | Cu2AgPbBiS4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
5.8.1 | Samsonite | Ag4MnSb2S6 | Mon. 2/m : P21/m |
5.8.2 | Uchucchacuaite | AgMnPb3Sb5S12 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmmm |
5.8.3 | Benavidesite | Pb4MnSb6S14 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
5.8.4 | Berthierite | FeSb2S4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
5.8.5 | Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
5.8.6 | Parajamesonite | Orth. | |
5.8.7 | Garavellite | FeSbBiS4 | Orth. |
5.8.8 | Izoklakeite | Pb27(Cu,Fe,Ag)2(Sb,Bi)19S57 | Orth. |
5.8.10 | Sakharovaite | (Pb,Bi)4FeSb6S14 | Mon. |
5.8.11 | Arsenohauchecornite | Ni18Bi3AsS16 | Tet. |
5.8.12 | Tučekite | Ni9Sb2S8 | Tet. |
5.8.13 | Bismutohauchecornite | Ni9Bi2S8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm |
5.8.14 | Parkerite | Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 | Mon. |
5.8.15 | Hauchecornite | Ni9BiSbS8 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/mmm |
5.8.16 | Tellurohauchecornite | Ni9Bi(Te,Bi)S8 | Tet. |
5.8.17 | Lapieite | NiCuSbS3 | Orth. |
5.8.18 | Mückeite | NiCu(Bi,Sb)S3 | Orth. 2 2 2 : P21 21 21 |
5.8.19 | Vozhminite | (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2 | Hex. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Miharaite
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Sugaki, A., Shima, H., Kitakaze, A. (1980) Miharaite, Cu4FePbBiS6, a new mineral from the Mihara mine, Okayama, Japan. American Mineralogist: 65: 784-788.
Choi, S.G., Imai, N. (1983) Miharaite in bornite-rich copper ore from the Ulsan mine, Republic of Korea. The Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists: 78(9): 350-360.
Petrova, I.V., Pobedimskaya, E.A., Bryzgalov, I.A. (1988) Crystal structure of micharaite Cu4FePbBiS6. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 299: 123-127.
Kang Guan, Zhenkuan Luo, Manzhi Wang, and Chuantai Wang (1990) The first discovery of miharaite in China. Acta Mineralogica Sinica: 10(3): 227-231.
Pinto, A., Bowles, J.F.W., Gaspar, O.C. (1994) The mineral chemistry and textures of wittichenite, miharaite, carrolite, mawsonite and In±Bi±Hg tennantite from Neves-Corvo, Portugal. IMA 94. In XVI General Meeting of IMA, Pisa, ItaÂlia, Abstracts.
Izumino, Y., Nakashima, K., Nagashima, M. (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕrite), other Bi-sulfosalts and Bi-tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: 109: 177-190.
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Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Argentina | |
| Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina; 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. |
Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Paar, W., Brodtkorb, M. (2004): The crystal structure of Angelaite, Cu2AgPbBiS4, a new mineral species from Angela mine, Province of Chubut, Argentina. 32nd IGC - Florence, 2004.; BRODTKORB, M.K. de y PAAR, W.. Angelaite in the paragenesis of Los Manantiales district, Chubut, Argentina: a new mineral species. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2004, vol.59, n.4, pp. 787-78; Dan Topa, Werner H. Paar, Hubert Putz, Georg Zagler, Milka K. de Brodtkorb, Chris J. Stanley, Andrew C. Roberts, and Emil Makovicky (2010) Mineralogical data on angelaite, Cu 2 AgPbBiS 4 , from the Los Manantiales district, Chubut, Argentina. The Canadian Mineralogist (February 2010), 48(1):139-144 ; Paar, W. H., Putz, H., Topa, D., de Brodtkorb, M. K., & Sureda, R. J. (2005, January). Occurrence and paragenesis of tellurium in mineral deposits of Argentina. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1419-1422). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. | |
| 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. |
| The Canadian Mineralogist; February 2009; v. 47; no. 1; p. 129-141 |
Bulgaria | |
| Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., & Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. In 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, Windhoek, Namibia, July 2002. CD Volume of extended abstracts. |
| K. Kouzmanov, K. Bogdanov, C. Ramboz (2005): Te- and Bi-bearing assemblages in the Elshitsa and Radka epithermal deposits, Central Srednogorie, Bulgaria: Mineralogy and genetical features. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 43, 108-112.; Kouzmanov, K. (2004). Galena-bearing myrmekitic intergrowths from the Radka deposit, Bulgaria: Origin and mechanisms of formation. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 41, 17-30. |
China | |
| Zhenkuan Luo, Manshe Wang, Kang Guan, and Chuantai Wang (1990): Gold Science and Technology 1990(4), 6-13; Kang Guan, Zhenkuan Luo, Manzhi Wang, and Chuantai Wang (1990): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 10(3), 227-231; Yingchen Ren (1999): Contributions to Geology and Mineral Resources Research 14(1), 1-12, 38 |
Germany | |
| Staude, S., Dorn, A., Pfaff, K., & Markl, G. (2010). Assemblages of Ag–Bi sulfosalts and conditions of their formation: the type locality of schapbachite (Ag0. 4Pb0. 2Bi0. 4S) and neighboring mines in the Schwarzwald ore district, southern Germany. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48(3), 441-466. |
India | |
| Ahmed, M., Shaif, M., Siddiquie, F. N., & Khan, R. (2018). Mode of Occurrence and Mineralogy of Northern Khetri Copper Deposits, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan. Natural Resources, 2018, 9, 389-403 |
Japan | |
| Fukuoka, M. (1981). Miharaite from the Akenobe mine and the mineral paragenesis (abstr. in Japanese). Coll. Abstr. Ann. Meet. Mineral. Soc. Japan (B-35), 107. |
| Sugaki, A., Shima, H., Kitakaze, A. (1980) Miharaite, Cu4FePbBiS6, a new mineral from the Mihara mine, Okayama, Japan. American Mineralogist: 65: 784-788 |
| American Mineralogist, Volume 65, pages 784-788, 1980 |
| Izumino, Y., Nakashima, K., & Nagashima, M. (2014). Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕraite), other Bi–sulfosalts and Bi–tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109(4), 177-190. |
North Korea | |
| Resource Geology, vol. 50, no. 4, 213-228, 2000 |
Norway | |
| Segalstad, T. V. & Telstø, L. (2002): Mineraldannelsen i Konnerudkollen gruver. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 20, 35-49 |
Portugal | |
| Marques de Sá, J. & Leal Gomes, C. (2010): Les mines de cuivre et nickel de Palhal et Telhadela, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal. Le Règne Minéral, 92, 36-47. |
| Pinto, A., Bowles, J. F. W., & Gaspar, O. C. (1994). The mineral chemistry and textures of wittichenite, miharaite, carrolite, mawsonite and In±Bi±Hg tennantite from Neves-Corvo, Portugal. IMA 94. In XVI General Meeting of IMA, Pisa, ItaÂlia, Abstracts.; Cabri, L. J., Gaspar, O. C., Lastra, R., & McMahon, G. (1998). Distribution of gold in tin-rich samples from the Corvo orebody, Portugal. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36(5), 1347-1360.; Gaspar, O.C. (2002): Mineralogy and sulfide mineral chemistry of the Neves–Corvo Ores, Portugal: insight into their genesis. Canadian Mineralogist 40, 611-636. |
Romania | |
| Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., & Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. In 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, Windhoek, Namibia, July 2002. CD Volume of extended abstracts. |
South Korea | |
| Mineralogical Journal Vol. 12 (1984) , No. 4 pp 162-172; CHOI, S. G., & IMAI, N. (1985). Ni-Fe-Co Arsenides and Sulpharsenides from the Ulsan Mine, Republic of Korea. Mining Geology, 35(189), 1-16.; CHOI, S. G., & IMAI, N. (1983). Miharaite in bornite-rich copper ore from the Ulsan mine, Republic of Korea. The Journal of the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, 78(9), 350-360. |
Sweden | |
| No reference listed |
Mihara mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan