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Kalgoorlieite (Kalgoorlieit)

Collectors Summary

Crystal System monoklin, C2/m

Chemism

Chemical formula

As2Te3

Chemical composition

Arsen, Tellur

Unit weight: 532.652204 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 5

Info

Empirical formula:

As2Te3

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)

Arsenic

As

28.13

2

40.00

74.9216020

149.8432040

Tellurium

Te

71.87

3

60.00

127.6030000

382.8090000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.FA.45

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
F: Sulfide, Arsenide, Alkaide; Sulfide mit Halogeniden, Oxiden, Hydroxiden (H2O)
A: mit As, (Sb), S
45:

IMA status

anerkannt März 2016 - CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

12

Space Group

C2/m

Cell parameters a (Å)

14.3573(9)

Cell parameters b (Å)

4.0199(2)

Cell parameters c (Å)

9.8990(7)

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

3.572

Cell parameters c/b

2.462

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

95.107(5)°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Volume (ų)

569.052

Crystal structure

Synthetisches Analog bekannt

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.025(100),
3.009(99),
2.330(46),
2.269(40),
2.001(59),
1.979(52),
1.674(35),
1.634(28)

XRD chart Kalgoorlieite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Australien/Western Australia/Goldfields-Esperance, Region/Kalgoorlie-Boulder City/Kalgoorlie konsolidierte Gold-Minen/Golden Mile Mines

Type material

Western Australian Museum, Perth Cultural Centre, James Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia

Collection number of type material

WAMM2.2015

Preface

Name from

Dr Kirsten Rempel von der Curtin School of the Mines gab dem Mineral den Namen nach der Typlokalit "Kalgoorlie Super Pit"

Author (Name, Year)

Kirsten Rempel und Christopher J. Stanley (2016)

References

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/new-mineral-found-in-kalgoorlie/7364188

Rempel, K. and Stanley, C.J. (2016) Kalgoorlieite, IMA 2015-119. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 412; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407-413.

Other languages

German

Kalgoorlieit

English

Kalgoorlieite

Russian

Калгурлиит

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2015-119

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kgl

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) Lc8JFwkKMkyTB7-oVDhCWg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 1709CF2D-0A09-4C32-9307-BFA85438425A
Database ID 8087