Kalgoorlieite
Appearance
Kalgoorlieite | |
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Allgemein | |
Kategorie | Telluride mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | As2Te3 |
IMA symbol | Kgl[1] |
Strunz classification | 2 |
Crystal system | Monoclinic |
Crystal class | Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) |
Space group | C2/m |
Unit cell | a = 14.3573(9) Å b = 14.3573(9) Å c = 14.3573(9) Å β = 95.107(5)° |
Identification | |
References | [2] |
Kalgoorlieite (IMA2015-119) is a mineral from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Kalgoorlieite is the fourth oxygen-free arsenic-tellurium mineral after benleonardite, debattistiite, and törnroosite.[citation needed]
It was discovered in 2015 by a Curtin University academic Dr Kirsten Rempel while she was checking samples in the Kalgoorlie School of Mines Museum, and declared a new mineral in 2016, after verification and classification.[3][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ "Kalgoorlieite".
- ^ Rempel, K., Stanley, C.J. (2016): Kalgoorlieite, IMA 2015-119. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 412; Mineralogical Magazine: 80: 407–413
- ^ "Kalgoorlieite: New mineral discovered in Kalgoorlie by Curtin University academic". 26 April 2016.
- ^ "New mineral Kalgoorlieite named after historic mining town - ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 April 2016.
- ^ "KALGOORLIEITE: New mineral named after historic Australian mining town - Canadian Mining Journal". 27 April 2016.