Kostovite

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Kostovite
Kostovite in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria.JPG
Exhibition of Kostovite in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
General
Category Telluride mineral
Formula AuCuTe4
IMA symbol Ktv [1]
Strunz classification 2.EA.15 (10 ed)
2/D.16-10 (8 ed)
Dana classification 02.12.13.4
Crystal system Orthorhombic
Crystal class Pyramidal (mm2)
H-M Symbol: (mm2)
Space group Pma2
Identification
ColorGrayish white
Twinning Fine lamellar
Cleavage Distinct/good
Tenacity Brittle
Mohs scale hardness2 – 2.5
Luster Metallic
Diaphaneity Opaque
Specific gravity 7.94
Optical properties Anisotropic
Pleochroism Visible
References [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Kostovite (IMA symbol: Ktv) is a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe4. [2] [3] [4]

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Discovery and occurrence

It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Ivanov Terziev, who named it in honor of his professor Ivan Kostov (Иван Костов) (1913–2004). [7] [8] In 1965 kostovite was approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association. [9] The type locality is Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria. [10] Small deposits have also been found in Kochbulak (Eastern Uzbekistan), Commoner mine (Zimbabwe), Kamchatka (Russian Far East), Ashanti (Ghana), Buckeye Gulch (Leadville, Colorado, US), Bisbee (Arizona, US), [11] Kutemajärvi (Finland), Coranda-Hondol (Romania), Glava (Sweden), Bereznjakovskoje (Southern Urals, Russia), Moctezuma (Sonora, Mexico), Panormos Bay (Tinos Island, Greece), Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi complex (Linyi Prefecture, Shandong Province, China), Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, (Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia, Australia). [12]

See also

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. 1 2 Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Kostovite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kostovite". Mindat.org . Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 Barthelmy, David (2014). "Kostovite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Information about Kostovite". RRUFF Database.
  6. ↑ "Kostovite (IMA 1965-002)". Mineralienatlas Lexicon.
  7. ↑ Terziev, G. (1966). "Kostovite, A Gold-Copper Telluride from Bulgaria" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 51: 29–36.
  8. ↑ Hey, M.H. (1966). "Twenty-fourth list of new mineral names" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 36 (276): 1140. Bibcode:1966MinM...36.1126H. doi:10.1180/minmag.1966.036.276.08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  9. ↑ "International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and New Names" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 36: 1143–45. 1968. doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.036.284.11.
  10. ↑ "Information about Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria". Mindat.org . Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kostovite". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
  12. ↑ Bonev, Ivan K.; Petrunov, Rumen; Cook, Nigel J.; Ciobanu, Cristiana L. (2005). "Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations" (PDF). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (42): 1–22.
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