Category Sulfosalt mineral Dana classification 02.11.10.01 | Strunz classification 2.HB.20a Crystal system Monoclinic | |
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Formula
(repeating unit) Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5-8 or AuPb(Sb,Bi)Te2-3S6 or (Te, Au)Pb(Pb, Sb)S2 Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
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Nagyágite (Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S5-8) 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. Now the mineral nagyagite is known as săcărîmbit.
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.
References
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