Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.

Hemusite is a very rare isometric gray mineral containing copper molybdenum sulfur and tin with chemical formula Cu6SnMoS8. It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev in 1963. He also described it and named it after Haemus the ancient name of Stara planina (Balkan) mountains in Europe. The type locality is Chelopech copper ore deposit Bulgaria.

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