Nagyagite

Nagyágite

Nagyágite

Sulfide mineral

Nagyágite (Pb
5Au(Te,Sb)
4S
(5–8)) is a rare sulfide mineral with known occurrence associated with gold ores. Nagyágite crystals are opaque, monoclinic and dark grey to black coloured.

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It was first described in 1845 for an occurrence at the type locality of the Nagyág mine, Săcărâmb, Hunedoara County, Romania.[1][2]

It occurs in gold–tellurium epithermal hydrothermal veins. Minerals associated with nagyágite include: altaite, petzite, stutzite, sylvanite, tellurantimony, coloradoite, krennerite, native arsenic, native gold, proustite, rhodochrosite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, calaverite, tellurobismuthite, galena and pyrite.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Nagyágite, Mindat.org, retrieved 6 August 2022
  2. [2]
    Barthelmy, David (2014). "Nagyagite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. [3]
    Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Nagyágite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. [4]
    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.
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