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Formula: Cu2SnS3
Sulphide, tin-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 4.86 calculated
Hardness: 4
Colour: Grey
Common impurities: Sb
Environments
Localities
At the type locality, the Kockbulak mine (Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit), Ohangaron District, Tashkent Region,
Uzbekistan, mohite occurs as small grains, usually elongated, up to 10 x 50-80 microns in size, in
goldfieldite - famatinite
- tetrahedrite ores. Associated minerals include
kuramite, mawsonite and
emplectite, especially at the contact of
tetrahedrite with
famatinite
(AM 68.1.280-283).
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