Mohite

Mohite is a copper tin sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu₂SnS₃. It is colored greenish gray and leaves a gray streak. It is opaque and has metallic luster. Its crystal system is triclinic pedial. It is rated 4 on the Mohs Scale and has a specific gravity of 4.86.

Discovery and occurrence

Mohite was first described in 1982 for an occurrence in the Chatkal-Kuramin Mountains of eastern Uzbekistan. It was named after Günter Harald Moh (1929–1993), University of Heidelberg. It is of hydrothermal origin and occurs associated with tetrahedrite, famatinite, kuramite, mawsonite and emplectite in the type locality in Uzbekistan. It has also been reported from Salamanca Province, Spain; the Organullo Mining District of Salta Province, Argentina; and the Delamar Mountains of Lincoln County, Nevada, USA.

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Mohite (clan)

Mohite (मोहीते) is the surname of a prominent Maratha clan, hailing mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.

Titles associated with the Mohite group include Raje, Sardar, Sarkar, Deshmukh, and Patil. Their major centre is Talbid in Satara District, Maharashtra. They have also scattered through regions of Maratha dominance such as Nagpur, Baroda, Gwalior, Satara, and Kolhapur and some other parts of India. The word Mohite means brave.There is one village in Aurangabad District named Goshegaon where the Mohite are situated. The clan has close ties with Rajasthani Royal clans.

Maratha community is has 60 Somvanshi and 36 Suryavanshi clans, thus the total number of clans of Marathas is 96.There are five highest Royal Clans in Marathas namely Mohite, Jadhavrao,bhosle , Angre and Garud. These royal clans were considered the highest among Kshatriya Marathas and would intermarry among these clans only.

History

Similar to other Maratha groups, the Mohite's were of Aryan Kshatriya origins. Soyarabai (d. 1680), one of the wives of King Shivaji and Tarabai (1675–1761), wife of Rajaram and several other brides in the houses of the Bhosale and other Maratha clans were from the Mohite clan.