J 2023

Tolstykhite, Au3S4Te6, a new mineral from Maletoyvayam deposit, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia

KASATKIN, Anatoly V.; Fabrizio NESTOLA; Jakub PLÁŠIL; Jiří SEJKORA; Anna VYMAZALOVÁ et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Tolstykhite, Au3S4Te6, a new mineral from Maletoyvayam deposit, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia

Autoři

KASATKIN, Anatoly V. (garant); Fabrizio NESTOLA; Jakub PLÁŠIL; Jiří SEJKORA; Anna VYMAZALOVÁ a Radek ŠKODA (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Mineralogical Magazine, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 0026-461X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10504 Mineralogy

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.800

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130390

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000919490300001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85144927538

Klíčová slova anglicky

tolstykhite; new mineral; chemical composition; powder X-ray diffraction; maletoyvayamite; Maletoyvayam deposit; Kamchatka peninsula

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 12. 4. 2023 11:53, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Tolstykhite, ideally Au3S4Te6, is a new mineral from the Gaching ore occurrence of the Maletoyvayam deposit, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia. It occurs as individual anhedral grains up to 0.05 mm or as intergrowths with native Se, native Te and tripuhyite. Other associated minerals include calaverite, fischesserite, Cu–Te-rich ‘fahlores' [stibiogoldfieldite, ‘arsenogoldfieldite', tennantite-(Cu), tetrahedrite-(Zn)], galena, gold, maletoyvayamite, minerals of famatinite–luzonite series, pyrite, baryte, ilmenite, magnetite, quartz and V-bearing rutile. Tolstykhite is bluish-grey, opaque with metallic lustre and grey streak. It is brittle and has an uneven fracture. Cleavage is good on {010} and {001}. Dcalc = 7.347 g/cm3. In reflected light, tolstykhite is grey with a bluish shade. No bireflectance, pleochroism and internal reflections are observed. In crossed polars, it is weakly anisotropic with bluish to brownish rotation tints. The reflectance values for wavelengths recommended by the Commission on Ore Mineralogy of the International Mineralogical Association are (Rmin/Rmax, %): 32.6/34.3 (470 nm), 32.4/34.1 (546 nm), 32.6/34.5 (589 nm) and 33.0/35.0 (650 nm). The Raman spectrum of tolstykhite contains the main bands at 297, 203, 181, 151 and 127 cm–1. The empirical formula calculated on the basis of 13 atoms per formula unit is (Au2.98Ag0.01)Σ2.99(S3.59Se0.41)Σ4.00Te6.01. Tolstykhite is triclinic, space group P, a = 8.977(5), b = 9.023(2), c = 9.342(6) Å, α = 94.03(3), β = 110.03(3), γ = 104.27(4)°, V = 679.0(3) Å3 and Z = 2. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 8.59 (18) (010); 2.90 (100) (03); 2.23 (13) (13); 1.89 (21) (13). Tolstykhite is the S-analogue of maletoyvayamite, Au3Se4Te6. The structural identity between them is confirmed by powder XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The mineral honours Russian mineralogist Dr. Nadezhda Dmitrievna Tolstykh for her contributions to the mineralogy of gold and platinum-group elements and the study of ore deposits.