Shasuite

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality: Wadi Halamish
Hatrurim Basin
Tamar Regional Council
Beersheba Subdistrict
Southern District
Israel
31.1631°, 35.2992°

1recorded occurrences

Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system: Monoclinic
Space group: P21/c
Cell parameters: a = 7.330(2) Å · b = 7.573(2) Å · c = 9.391(3) Å
Cell angles: β = 112.02(3) °
Ratio a:b:c: 1 : 1.033 : 1.281

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
8OOxygen Oxygen 14 15.999 223.986
39.71%
28NiNickel Nickel 3 58.693 176.079
31.22%
15PPhosphorus Phosphorus 4 30.974 123.896
21.97%
20CaCalcium Calcium 1 40.078 40.078
7.10%
Total 564.039 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From IMA formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
8OOxygen	Oxygen	14	15.999	223.986	39.71%
28NiNickel	Nickel	3	58.693	176.079	31.22%
15PPhosphorus	Phosphorus	4	30.974	123.896	21.97%
20CaCalcium	Calcium	1	40.078	40.078	7.10%
	Total	564.039	100.00%

Synonyms

Shasuiet

In other languages

German: IMA 2021-020 · Shasuit

Classification

Strunz

10th ed.

8.FA

8Phosphates, Arsenates, VanadatesClass
8.FPolyphosphates, Polyarsenates, [4]-PolyvanadatesDivision
8.FAPolyphosphates, etc., without OH and H₂O; dimers of corner-sharing RO₄ tetrahedra.Group
8.FAShasuiteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations

2021Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2021) Newsletter 62. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (4) 634-638 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.62DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2021.62
2022(2022) Shasuite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Shasuite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/shasuite-55536},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}