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Nagyágite

nagyágite

[Pb(Pb,Sb)S2][(Au,Te)]

Mineral Specimen: Nagyágite on Rhodochrosite - Fabre Minerals

Mineral Specimen: Nagyágite on Rhodochrosite - Fabre Minerals — via www.fabreminerals.com · Source

Overview

Nagyágite (Pb5Au(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. It was first described in 1845 for an occurrence at the type locality of the Nagyág mine, Săcărâmb, Hunedoara County, Romania. 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.

Identification characteristics

  • Mohs hardness 1.5

Scientific references

  1. Nagyágite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213131 Link
  2. Nagyágite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagy%C3%A1gite Link