Mohawkit

Mohawkite is the name for a very rarely occurring, brass-yellow mineral mixture of algodonite , domeykite and arsenic-rich copper .

Mohawkit was first found in the " Mohawk Mine" in Keweenaw County , Michigan, USA. It was described in 1971 by PB Moore, who named it after its type locality .

Mohawkit could only be found in Calumet in Houghton County (Michigan) except at its type locality .

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  Mohawkit, exposed to air for a long time.

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  Mohawkit, freshly drummed .

See also: List of individual mineral mixtures

Web links

Commons : Mohawkite  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mohawkit. In: Mineralienatlas Lexikon. Stefan Schorn u. a., accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
• Mohawkite. In: mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed July 27, 2020 .