| Kostovite | |
|---|---|
 Exhibition of Kostovite in the
National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| General | |
| Category | Telluride mineral |
|
Formula (repeating unit) | 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 | |
| Color | Grayish white |
| Twinning | Fine lamellar |
| Cleavage | Distinct/good |
| Tenacity | Brittle |
| Mohs scale hardness | 2 – 2.5 |
| Luster | Metallic |
| Diaphaneity | Opaque |
| Specific gravity | 7.94 |
| Optical properties | Anisotropic |
| Pleochroism | Visible |
| References | [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Kostovite is a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe4. [2] [3] [4]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Kostovite, Mindat.org, retrieved 6 August 2022
- ^ a b Barthelmy, David (2014). "Kostovite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Information about Kostovite". RRUFF Database.
- ^ "Kostovite (IMA 1965-002)". Mineralienatlas Lexicon.
- ^ Terziev, G. (1966). "Kostovite, A Gold-Copper Telluride from Bulgaria" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 51: 29–36.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Information about Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria, Mindat.org, retrieved 6 August 2022
- ^ "Kostovite". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Gaines, Richard V.; Skinner, H. Catherine W.; Foord, Eugene E.; Mason, Brian; Rosenzweig, Abraham; King, Vendall (1997). Dana's New Mineralogy: The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana. New York, Chichester, Weinheim, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 9780471193104.
- G. Van Tendeloo; S. Amelinckx (1986). "High-resolution electron-microscopic study of the modulated structure of kostovite". Acta Crystallographica. 42: 121–130. doi: 10.1107/S0108768186098488.