2.LB.05

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
L : Unclassified Sulfosalts
B : With essential Pb

Dana 8th ed.:

3.1.5.1

3 : SULFOSALTS
1 : ø > 4

Hey's CIM Ref.:

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

Physical Properties of MiharaiteHide

Lustre:

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 MiharaiteHide

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 MiharaiteHide

Formula:

Cu₄FePbBiS₆

IMA Formula:

PbCu₄FeBiS₆

Elements listed:

Bi, Cu, Fe, Pb, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of MiharaiteHide

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 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

Space group Pbnm, Pb2n, or pb2tm

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
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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_chemical_name_mineral 'Miharaite'
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'Petrova I V'
'Pobedimskaya E A'
'Bryzgalov I A'
_journal_name_full 'Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR'
_journal_volume 299 
_journal_year 1988
_journal_page_first 123
_journal_page_last 127
_publ_section_title
;
 Crystal structure of micharaite Cu4FePbBiS6
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_database_code_amcsd 0012478
_chemical_formula_sum 'Pb Cu4 Fe Bi S6'
_cell_length_a 10.880
_cell_length_b 12.003
_cell_length_c 3.874
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 505.916
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      6.030
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P b 21 m'
loop_
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  'x,y,z'
  '-x,1/2+y,z'
  'x,y,-z'
  '-x,1/2+y,-z'
loop_
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Pb   0.31060   0.28000   0.50000   0.01824
Cu1   0.02030   0.27060   0.50000   0.01520
Cu2   0.48520   0.06970   0.00000   0.01773
Cu3   0.38210   0.84030   0.50000   0.02533
Cu4   0.21260   0.54290   0.50000   0.02533
Fe   0.28890   0.68250   0.00000   0.01267
Bi   0.14610   0.00000   0.00000   0.02077
S1   0.19300   0.74700   0.50000   0.01267
S2   0.02000   0.46100   0.50000   0.01140
S3   0.48100   0.76300   0.00000   0.01520
S4   0.31900   0.48700   0.00000   0.01393
S5   0.11400   0.20300   0.00000   0.01393
S6   0.36700   0.03000   0.50000   0.01520

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

• Contact metamorphism, skarn

Type Occurrence of MiharaiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Honpi deposit, Mihara mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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.

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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.

Synonyms of MiharaiteHide

IMA1976-012

Other Language Names for MiharaiteHide

German:Miharait

Russian:Михараит

Simplified Chinese:硫铋铅铁铜矿

Spanish:Miharaita

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping Hide

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	Pt_2-x(Bi,Pb)₁₁(S,Se)₁₁	Tric. 1 : P1

Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)Hide

3.1.5.2

Ángelaite

Cu₂AgPbBiS₄

Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping Hide

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 InformationHide

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 MiharaiteHide

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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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Argentina
Chubut Province Gastre Department ⓘ Los Manantiales mining district	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.
ⓘ Angela mine (Cerro Castillo Mine)	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.
Córdoba Province Calamuchita Department Río de Los Sauces District ⓘ Cerro Áspero mining district	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.
San Juan Province Caucete department La Huerta Range Marayes mining district ⓘ Caledonia Group mines	The Canadian Mineralogist; February 2009; v. 47; no. 1; p. 129-141

Bulgaria
Pazardzhik Province Panagyurishte Municipality Elshitsa ⓘ Elshitsa Mine (Elshica Mine)	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.
Levski ⓘ Radka Mine	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
Hebei Qinhuangdao Qinglong County ⓘ Sanjiazi Mine (Sanjia Mine)	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
Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Region Freudenstadt Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach ⓘ Daniel im Dehs Mine	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
Rajasthan Jaipur district Sikar District Khetri ⓘ Khetri Mines (Ketri Mine)	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
Hyogo Prefecture Yabu City Oya-cho ⓘ Akenobe mine	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.
Okayama Prefecture Ibara City Higashi-Mihara Mihara mine ⓘ Honpi deposit (TL)	Sugaki, A., Shima, H., Kitakaze, A. (1980) Miharaite, Cu4FePbBiS6, a new mineral from the Mihara mine, Okayama, Japan. American Mineralogist: 65: 784-788
Tomata District Kagamino-cho ⓘ Imooka mine	American Mineralogist, Volume 65, pages 784-788, 1980
Yamagata Prefecture ⓘ Ohari mine (Obari mine)	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
North Hwanghae Province Suan County Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong) ⓘ North orebody (New orebody)	Resource Geology, vol. 50, no. 4, 213-228, 2000

Norway
Buskerud Drammen Konnerud ⓘ Konnerudkollen Mines (Konnerud Mines)	Segalstad, T. V. & Telstø, L. (2002): Mineraldannelsen i Konnerudkollen gruver. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 20, 35-49

Portugal
Aveiro Albergaria-a-Velha Branca ⓘ Palhal Mine	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.
Beja Castro Verde Santa Bárbara de Padrões ⓘ Neves-Corvo Mine	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
Bihor Nucet ⓘ Băiţa mining district (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya)	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
Ulsan Buk District ⓘ Ulsan Mine	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
Värmland County Arvika Glava ⓘ Glava copper mining field (Yttre Rud Mines)	No reference listed

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Miharaite

Classification of MiharaiteHide

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Geological EnvironmentHide

Type Occurrence of MiharaiteHide

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