Kalgoorlieite

Kalgoorlieite (IMA2015-119) is a mineral from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

Kalgoorlieite
General
CategoryTelluride mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
As2Te3
Strunz classification2
Crystal systemMonoclinic
Crystal classPrismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol)
Space groupC2/m
Unit cella = 14.3573(9) Å
b = 14.3573(9) Å
c = 14.3573(9) Å
β = 95.107(5)°
Identification
References[1]

Kalgoorlieite is the fourth oxygen-free arsenic-tellurium mineral after benleonardite, debattistiite, and törnroosite.

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.[2][3][4][5]

References

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