stannoiditen.
/ˈstanɔɪdʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A sulphide of copper, tin, iron, and zinc, Cu8 (Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12, found as yellow-brown orthorhombic crystals having a metallic lustre, superficially resembling those of stannite.
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1969 A. Kato in Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus. Japan XII. 165 (heading) Stannoidite,..a new stannite-like mineral from the Konjo Mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
1975 Econ. Geol. LXX. 834 Mawsonite and stannoidite characteristically occur with bornite and chalcopyrite in xeno~thermal ore deposits in Japan.
1976 Nature 10 June 482/2 The Japanese ores, however, contain tin minerals other than cassiterite (for instance, stannite, stannoidite, and mawsonite).
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