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Kasatkin, Anatoly V., Anisimova, Galina S., Nestola, Fabrizio, Plášil, Jakub, Sejkora, Jiří, Škoda, Radek, Sokolov, Evgeniy P., Kondratieva, Larisa A., Kardashevskaia, Veronika N. (2022) Amgaite, Tl3+2Te6+O6, a New Mineral from the Khokhoyskoe Gold Deposit, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Minerals, 12 (9) 1064 doi:10.3390/min12091064

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TitleAmgaite, Tl3+2Te6+O6, a New Mineral from the Khokhoyskoe Gold Deposit, Eastern Siberia, Russia
JournalMinerals
AuthorsKasatkin, Anatoly V.Author
Anisimova, Galina S.Author
Nestola, FabrizioAuthor
Plášil, JakubAuthor
Sejkora, JiříAuthor
Škoda, RadekAuthor
Sokolov, Evgeniy P.Author
Kondratieva, Larisa A.Author
Kardashevskaia, Veronika N.Author
Year2022 (August 24)Volume12
Page(s)1064Issue9
PublisherMDPI AG
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Download URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/9/1064/pdf?version=1661332078
DOIdoi:10.3390/min12091064Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceKasatkin, Anatoly V., Anisimova, Galina S., Nestola, Fabrizio, Plášil, Jakub, Sejkora, Jiří, Škoda, Radek, Sokolov, Evgeniy P., Kondratieva, Larisa A., Kardashevskaia, Veronika N. (2022) Amgaite, Tl3+2Te6+O6, a New Mineral from the Khokhoyskoe Gold Deposit, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Minerals, 12 (9) 1064 doi:10.3390/min12091064
Plain TextKasatkin, Anatoly V., Anisimova, Galina S., Nestola, Fabrizio, Plášil, Jakub, Sejkora, Jiří, Škoda, Radek, Sokolov, Evgeniy P., Kondratieva, Larisa A., Kardashevskaia, Veronika N. (2022) Amgaite, Tl3+2Te6+O6, a New Mineral from the Khokhoyskoe Gold Deposit, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Minerals, 12 (9) 1064 doi:10.3390/min12091064
In(2022, September) Minerals Vol. 12 (9) MDPI AG
Abstract/NotesThe new mineral amgaite was discovered at the Khokhoyskoe gold deposit, 120 km W of Aldan town, Aldanskiy District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Eastern Siberia, Russia. Amgaite forms fine-grained colloform aggregates up to 0.05 mm across, and is often intimately intergrown with avicennite, unidentified carbonates and antimonates of Tl. Other associated minerals include gold, silver, acanthite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, berthierite, chalcocite, weissbergite, chlorargyrite, calcite, quartz, goethite etc. Amgaite is dark reddish brown to black. It has submetallic luster, black streak, brittle tenacity and conchoidal fracture. Its density calculated from the empirical formula and powder XRD data is 8.358 g/cm3. Its Mohs’ hardness is ca. 1.5–2. Optically, amgaite is uniaxial. In reflected light, it is gray with a bluish shade, very weakly anisotropic with rare brownish red internal reflections. Reflectance values for the four COM wavelengths [Rmin, Rmax (%)(λ in nm)] are: 13.5, 14.2 (470); 12.7, 13.2 (546); 12.3, 12.7 (589); and 11.7, 12.3 (650). The Raman spectrum shows bands of Te–O and Tl–O bonds and confirms the absence in amgaite of H2O, OH–, CO32– groups and B–O bonds. The chemical composition is (electron microprobe, wt.%): MgO 0.43, CaO 1.62, Fe2O3 0.36, Tl2O3 66.27, Sb2O5 3.48, TeO3 27.31, total 99.47. The empirical formula based on 6 O apfu is Tl3+1.74Ca0.17Mg0.06Fe3+0.03Te6+0.93Sb5+0.13O6. Amgaite is trigonal, space group P321; unit-cell parameters are as follows: a = 9.0600(9), c = 4.9913(11) Å, V = 354.82(8) Å3, Z = 3. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [dobs, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are as follows: 3.352 (100) (111), 3.063 (15) (201), 2.619 (49) (300), 2.065 (18) (221), 1.804 (28) (302), 1.697 (8) (321), 1.625 (9) (411). The crystal structure of amgaite is the same as of synthetic Tl3+2Te6+O6. The new mineral is named after the Amga River, the basin of which hosts the type locality, Khokhoyskoe occurrence. The type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, with the registration number 5773/1.

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Upstream region of Khokhoy creek, Verkhneamginskaya auriferous zone, Khokhoy Gold Ore Field, Upper Amga gold-mining district, Aldansky District, Sakha, Russia

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Upstream region of Khokhoy creek, Verkhneamginskaya auriferous zone, Khokhoy Gold Ore Field, Upper Amga gold-mining district, Aldansky District, Sakha, Russia Acanthite, Adularia, Alkali gabbro, Arsenopyrite, Avicennite, Baryte, Berthierite, Bismoclite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Chalcocite, Chlorargyrite, Cinnabar, Clay, Coloradoite, Fluorite, Gold, Hollandite, Illite, Jankovićite, K Feldspar, Monzonite, Muscovite, Opal, Parapierrotite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sandstone, Silver, Syenite, Weissbergite


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