Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
A secondary mineral in the oxidation zone of a Zn-Cu deposit in shale.
- Type locality
- Hirao mine
- Onsen-cho
- Minoh City
- Osaka Prefecture
- Japan
34.8333°, 135.4667°
6recorded occurrences
Physical
Optical
- Pleochroism
- Non-pleochroic
- Bireflectance
- moderate
- Tropism
- Anisotropic
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.2535(11) Å · c = 8.1352(17) Å
- Z
- 1
- Type-locality form
Rosette aggregates up to 100 μm in diameter, composed of hexagonal platy crystals up to 50 μm in diameter and 10 μm in thickness.
- Comment
Hexagonal (trigonal); space group uncertain (possibly: P6, P-6, P6/m, P622, P6mm, P-62m or P6/mmm (P3, P-3, P321, P3m1, P-3m1, P312, P31m or P-31m)).
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2012-035
- Minohliet
- Minohlit
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2012-035 · Minohlith
- Italian
- minohlite
- Japanese
- 箕面石
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.7.DD.50
- 7SulfatesClass
- 7.DSulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2ODivision
- 7.DDWith only medium-sized cations; sheets of edge-sharing octahedraGroup
- 7.DD.50MinohliteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1984von Hodenberg, R., Krause, W., Tauber, H. (1984) Schulenbergit, (CuZn)4(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10*3H2O, ein neues Mineral. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1984. 17-24
- 2007OHNISHI, Masayuki, KUSACHI, Isao, KOBAYASHI, Shoichi, YAMAKAWA, Junji (2007) Mineral chemistry of schulenbergite and its Zn-dominant analogue from the Hirao mine, Osaka, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 102 (4) 233-239 doi:10.2465/jmps.061130 DOI: 10.2465/jmps.061130
- 2012Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2012) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2012. CNMNC Newsletter No 14. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1281-1288 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.15DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.15
- 2013Orlandi, P. (2013) Schulenbergite, minohlite, namuwite e osakaite nelle associazioni supergeniche del distretto minerario Schio-Recoaro (Vicenza). Micro, 11. 2-9
- 2013Ohnishi, M., Shimobayashi, N., Nishio-Hamane, D., Shinoda, K., Momma, K., Ikeda, T. (2013) Minohlite, a new copper-zinc sulfate mineral from Minoh, Osaka, Japan. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (3) 335-342 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.07DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.07
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Minohlite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/minohlite-43349},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}