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Cuprorhodsite

Year of discovery: 1984 (Mount Filipp, Russia; Chad massif, Russia), 2020 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of cuprorhodsite

• Cu_0.5Fe_0.5Rh₂S₄
• (Cu,Fe)Rh₂S₄
• [Cu⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5][Rh³⁺₂][S]₄^2-

• Class: Linnaeite subgroup < Thiospinel group < Spinel supergroup
• Class: Sulfide

• CuFe => Rh: Kingstonite

• Color: Iron black
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Hardness: 5 - 5.5
• Density: 5.9

• System: Cubic
• Group: m3m, Fd(-3)m
• Lattice: a=9.9