Briartite is an opaque iron-grey metallic sulfide

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, with traces of Ga and Sn, found as inclusions in other germanium- gallium-bearing sulfides. It was discovered at the Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi, Shaba,

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in 1965 by

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and others, and named for Gaston Briart who had studied formations at Kipushi. Briartite is also found in

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, and

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