Kalgoorlieite

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Kalgoorlieite
General
CategoryTelluride mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		As2Te3
IMA symbolKgl[1]
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[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

  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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