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Tintinaite

Year of discovery: 1967 (Deer Park mine, Canada, and Tintina mines, Canada), 1983 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of tintinaite

• Pb₂₂Cu₄Sb₃₀S₆₉
• Pb₂₂Cu₄(Sb,Bi)₃₀S₆₉
• [Pb²⁺₂₂][Cu⁺₄][Sb³⁺₃₀][S₆₉]^138-

• Class: Izoklakeite subgroup < Zinkenite group < Rod-type Pb sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt

• Sb => Bi: Kobellite (Series)

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

• Habit: Bladed, Acicular
• Aggregate: Vein, Columnar

• Cleavage: Distinct on {010} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 2.5-3
• Density: 5.5

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnnm
• Lattice: a=22.2, b=34.2, c=4.0

Etymology: Tintina mine in Canada, where this mineral was discovered for the first time.