Tsugaruite from Yunosawa Mine — Photo: Stefan Schorn · CC BY 4.0
Tsugaruite
A lead-arsenic-chloride sulfosalt discovered in 1997 in a barite veinlet at Japan's Yunosawa mine.
Intro adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Tsugaruite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfosalt class, with the chemical formula Pb₂₈As₁₅S₅₀Cl.
It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system.
IMA symbol Tsg, IMA status: approved, named in 1997.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data and a Wikipedia introduction — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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