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Malanite

Year of discovery: 1995 (Malan river, China; Shuangfeng village, China)

Locality list:

• Cu(IrPt)S₄
• [Cu⁺][(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)][S₄]^8-

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

• Ir => Rh: Ezochiite

• Pt => Ir: Cuproiridsite

• Color: Dark gray
• Streak: Black
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Cleavage: {111} imperfect (8 planes)
• Hardness: 5
• Density: 7.5

• System: Cubic
• Group: m3m, Fd3m
• Lattice: a=9.9