Galkhaite

Galkhaite
Galkhaite
	Galkhaite crystals to 3 mm on matrix, Getchell Mine, Nevada.
General
Category	Sulfosalt minerals
Formula; (repeating unit)	(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12
IMA symbol	Gkh
Strunz classification	2.GB.20
Crystal system	Cubic
Crystal class	Hextetrahedral (43m) ; H-M symbol: (4 3m)
Space group	I43m

Galkhaite is a rare and chemically complex sulfosalt mineral from a group of natural thioarsenites. Its formula is (Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)₆(As,Sb)₄S₁₂, making the mineral the only known natural Cs-Hg and Cs-As phase. It occurs in Carlin-type hydrothermal deposits.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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.
^ "Galkhaite" (PDF). handbookofmineralogy.com. Handbook of Mineralogy (original description by Gruzdev et al. 1972). Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ "Galkhaite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ "Galkhaite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. David Barthelmy. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^ Arehart, G.B.; Chakurian, A.M.; Tretbar, D.R.; Christensen, J.N.; McInnes, B.A.; Donelick, R.A. (2003). "Evaluation of Radioisotope Dating of Carlin-Type Deposits in the Great Basin, Western North America, and Implications for Deposit Genesis". Economic Geology. 98: 235–248. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

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[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] "Galkhaite" (PDF). handbookofmineralogy.com. Handbook of Mineralogy (original description by Gruzdev et al. 1972). Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[3] "Galkhaite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[4] "Galkhaite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. David Barthelmy. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

[5] Arehart, G.B.; Chakurian, A.M.; Tretbar, D.R.; Christensen, J.N.; McInnes, B.A.; Donelick, R.A. (2003). "Evaluation of Radioisotope Dating of Carlin-Type Deposits in the Great Basin, Western North America, and Implications for Deposit Genesis". Economic Geology. 98: 235–248. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

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