Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Kamiokite is an iron-molybdenum oxide mineral with the chemical formula Fe2Mo3O8. The name kamiokite is derived from the locality the Kamioka Mine in Gifu Prefecture Japan where this mineral was first discovered in 1975.Kamiokite is a hexagonal system with equal axes a1 a2 a3. These three axes of the kamiokite crystal are uniformly separated by 120°. Kamiokite is an anisotropic mineral meaning that light travels through the mineral in different directions and velocities.