Tellurantimony

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony, etc.

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony, etc.

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Tellurantimony

Mattagami Lake mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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Anisotropism:

Moderate; pink and dark gray.

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2
400nm	57.7%	60.9%
420nm	58.9%	62.4%
440nm	60.1%	63.5%
460nm	60.9%	64.5%
480nm	61.7%	65.3%
500nm	62.2%	65.9%
520nm	62.7%	66.5%
540nm	63.0%	67.0%
560nm	63.3%	67.4%
580nm	63.5%	67.7%
600nm	63.6%	67.9%
620nm	63.6%	68.0%
640nm	63.5%	67.9%
660nm	63.3%	67.8%
680nm	63.0%	67.6%
700nm	62.8%	67.6%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 68.0%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Pinkish cream

Pleochroism:

Weak

Comments:

Weak; from pink to cream

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0009506	Tellurantimony	Anderson T L, Krause H B (1974) Refinement of the Sb2Te3 and Sb2Te3Se structures and their relationship to nonstoichiometric Sb2Te(3-y)Se(y) compounds Acta Crystallographica B30 1307-1310		1974	synthetic	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Tellurantimony' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Anderson T L' 'Krause H B' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section B' _journal_volume 30 _journal_year 1974 _journal_page_first 1307 _journal_page_last 1310 _publ_section_title ; Refinement of the Sb2Te3 and Sb2Te3Se structures and their relationship to nonstoichiometric Sb2Te(3-y)Se(y) compounds Sample: T = 29 C ; _database_code_amcsd 0009506 _chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic' _chemical_formula_sum 'Sb2 Te3' _cell_length_a 4.264 _cell_length_b 4.264 _cell_length_c 30.458 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 479.586 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 6.506 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R -3 m' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '2/3+x,1/3+y,1/3+z' '1/3+x,2/3+y,2/3+z' 'x,x-y,z' '2/3+x,1/3+x-y,1/3+z' '1/3+x,2/3+x-y,2/3+z' 'y,x,-z' '2/3+y,1/3+x,1/3-z' '1/3+y,2/3+x,2/3-z' '-x+y,y,z' '2/3-x+y,1/3+y,1/3+z' '1/3-x+y,2/3+y,2/3+z' '-x,-x+y,-z' '2/3-x,1/3-x+y,1/3-z' '1/3-x,2/3-x+y,2/3-z' '-y,-x,z' '2/3-y,1/3-x,1/3+z' '1/3-y,2/3-x,2/3+z' 'x-y,-y,-z' '2/3+x-y,1/3-y,1/3-z' '1/3+x-y,2/3-y,2/3-z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '2/3+y,1/3-x+y,1/3-z' '1/3+y,2/3-x+y,2/3-z' '-x+y,-x,z' '2/3-x+y,1/3-x,1/3+z' '1/3-x+y,2/3-x,2/3+z' '-x,-y,-z' '2/3-x,1/3-y,1/3-z' '1/3-x,2/3-y,2/3-z' '-y,x-y,z' '2/3-y,1/3+x-y,1/3+z' '1/3-y,2/3+x-y,2/3+z' 'x-y,x,-z' '2/3+x-y,1/3+x,1/3-z' '1/3+x-y,2/3+x,2/3-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Sb 0.00000 0.00000 0.39880 0.01773 Te1 0.00000 0.00000 0.78720 0.00633 Te2 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.01013

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Armenia
Gegharkunik Province Sotk ⓘ Sotk gold mine	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2013)
Australia
Western Australia Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire Kalgoorlie-Boulder ⓘ Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines	Canadian Mineralogist (2003) +1 other reference
ⓘ Golden Horseshoe Gold Mine	Noble (2017)
ⓘ Great Boulder Gold Mine (Phantom Lode; Great Boulder South; Great Boulder North; Great Boulder Extended)	Noble (2017)
ⓘ Paringa Gold Mine (Paringa Extended; Croesus South)	Mueller et al. (2019)
Laverton Shire Mount Weld Station ⓘ Sunrise Dam Gold Mine (Sunrise pit; Cleo pit)	Sung et al. (2007) +1 other reference
Canada (TL)
Québec Nord-du-Québec Matagami ⓘ Mattagami Lake mine (TL)	Thorpe et al. (1973) +2 other references
Finland
Lapland Ylitornio ⓘ Rompas	Kalinin (2021)
Pirkanmaa Orivesi ⓘ Kutemajärvi mine	Kinnunen
Greece
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Evros Alexandroupoli ⓘ Pefka	Repstock (2011) +2 other references
Japan
Hokkaidō Prefecture Iburi Subprefecture Date City ⓘ Date mine	Honma et al. (1989) +1 other reference
Ishikari Subprefecture Sapporo City Nishi-ku ⓘ Kobetsuzawa mine (Obetsuzawa mine)	中田正隆 et al. (1985) +6 other references
Kazakhstan
Ulytau Region Ulytau District Mayatas ore region ⓘ Maike Occurrence	Levin et al. (2021)
Romania
Hunedoara County Brad Mustari ⓘ Musariu Cu-Au deposit	Ciobanu et al. (2007) +1 other reference
Buceș ⓘ Stănija	Simon et al. (1995) +1 other reference
Certeju de Sus ⓘ Săcărâmb	Simon et al. (1995)
ⓘ Magura-Hondol	Simon et al. (1995)
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Plastovsky District Plast Kochkar' District ⓘ Svetlinskoe Au deposit	Vikent’eva +6 other references
Sosnovsky District ⓘ Bereznyakovskoe ore field	Plotinskaya et al. (2014)
ⓘ Bereznyakovskoe Au deposit (Central Bereznyakovskoe)	Plotinskaya et al. (2009)
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Okhotsk-Chukotka belt ⓘ Svetloye epithermal district	Yakich et al. (2021)
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Karaginsky District ⓘ Ozernovskoe deposit	Spiridonov et al. (2009, April)
Khabarovsk Krai Tuguro-Chumikansky District ⓘ Kutyn gold-bearing deposit	Marian et al. (2022)
Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region Brezno District ⓘ Jasenie	Koděra (1986)
Žiar nad Hronom District Kremnica ⓘ Kremnica Au-Ag deposit	Ďuďa (1993)
South Africa
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality Blouberg Local Municipality ⓘ Aurora project	McFall et al. (2019)
Sweden
Gävleborg County Ljusdal ⓘ Enåsen Mine	Nysten et al. (1984) +1 other reference
USA
Colorado Boulder County Balarat Mining District ⓘ Smuggler Mine	Eckel et al. (1997)
Gold Hill Mining District ⓘ Gladys (Temborine; Tamborine; Dime; Evening Star Dirigo Occurrence)	Eckel et al. (1997)
Gold Hill ⓘ Little Johnny Mine (Emancipation group; Home Sweet Home occurrence)	Eckel et al. (1997)
ⓘ Richard occurrence (Minnie Bell; Washburn; White Eagle; Dolly; Plough Boy; Oceola; Gillaspie)	Eckel et al. (1997)
Sunshine ⓘ Glad Eye Mine	Eckel et al. (1997)
ⓘ Lucile Mine	Eckel et al. (1997)
ⓘ Washburn Mine	Eckel et al. (1997)
Jamestown Mining District ⓘ Orofino	Eckel et al. (1997)
North Carolina Montgomery County Carolina Slate Belt ⓘ Star Mine (Reynolds Mine) ?	Callahan
Uzbekistan
Tashkent Region Ohangaron District ⓘ Kairagach Au deposit	Kovalenker (2003) +1 other reference
ⓘ Kockbulak mine (Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit)	Kovalenker et al. (1997) +3 other references