Kalgoorlieite

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Kalgoorlieite
General
Category 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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Kalgoorlieite".
  3. ↑ Rempel, K., Stanley, C.J. (2016): Kalgoorlieite, IMA 2015-119. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 412; Mineralogical Magazine: 80: 407–413
  4. ↑ "Kalgoorlieite: New mineral discovered in Kalgoorlie by Curtin University academic". 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "New mineral Kalgoorlieite named after historic mining town - ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 27 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "KALGOORLIEITE: New mineral named after historic Australian mining town - Canadian Mining Journal". 27 April 2016.
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