Jinxiuite

Ni18Bi2SbAsS16
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
Jx
Also known as
  • IMA2025-059
  • Jinxiuiet

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Adit of Orebody No. 3
  1. Longhua Ni-Co deposit
  2. Xiangzhou Co.
  3. Laibin
  4. Guangxi
  5. China

24.0675°, 110.1189°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Safety & handling

Crystallography

Crystal system
Tetragonal
Space group
I4/mmm
Cell parameters
a = 10.2292(1) Å · c = 10.8101(3) Å

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
28NiNickelNickel1858.6931056.474
48.37%
16SSulfurSulfur1632.060512.960
23.49%
83BiBismuthBismuth2208.980417.960
19.14%
51SbAntimonyAntimony1121.760121.760
5.57%
33AsArsenicArsenic174.92274.922
3.43%
Total2184.076100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From Mindat formula

Synonyms

  • IMA2025-059
  • Jinxiuiet

In other languages

German
IMA 2025-059 · Jinxiuit

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

2.BB.10

  • 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
  • 2.BMetal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)Division
  • 2.BBWith NiGroup
  • 2.BB.10JinxiuiteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 2025Bosi, Ferdinando; Hatert, Frédéric; Pasero, Marco; Mills, Stuart J. (2025) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 88. Mineralogical Magazine, 89. 1-11 doi:10.1180/mgm.2025.10183DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2025.10183
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Jinxiuite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/jinxiuite-498767},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}