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Kurilite

A valid IMA mineral species
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Ag8Te3Se
Colour:
Light grey to steel grey
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
3
Specific Gravity:
7.799 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Trigonal
Name:
Named after the Kuril Islands, that include the type locality.
Type Locality:
ⓘPrasolovskoe Au deposit (Prasolovka deposit), Kunashir Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands), Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
It was published in 1989, abstracted in Am. Min. in 1992, is in the ICDD PDF database as 00-45-1399. "It was not submitted to the New Minerals Commission of the IMA at that time, although it was formally discredited (Burke 2006), as being possibly synonymous with hessite or petzite. Additional mineralogical studies were undertaken, therefore to clarify the chemical composition and crystal structure. In light of these new data, the mineral and its name were approved by the IMA Commission..., IMA No. 2009-080."
CompareIMA2009-080.

Originally described from Kuril Islands, Maritime Province, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia.


Unique Identifiers
Approval year:
2009
First published:
2010

Classification of Kurilite

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
B : Metal Sulfides, M: S > 1: 1 (mainly 2: 1)
A : With Cu, Ag, Au

Mineral Symbols
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Light grey to steel grey
Streak:
Black
Hardness:
3 onMohs scale
Hardness:
VHN25=99.9 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Cleavage:
None Observed
Parting:
none
Density:
7.799 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Kurilite

Crystallography of Kurilite
General Appearance of Type Material:
It usually forms aggregates, up to 2 mm in size, of micron-sized brittle xenomorphic grains within quartz.
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, as 3717/1.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
Hydrothermal vein.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Native GoldGoldfielditeHessitePetziteQuartz
SylvaniteTennantite SubgroupTetrahedrite Subgroup

Synonyms of Kurilite

Other Language Names for Kurilite

Common AssociatesTrig.3m(32/m) :R3c2.BA.AlburniteAg8GeTe2S4Iso.2.BA.DzierżanowskiteCaCu2S2Trig.3m(32/m) :P3m12.BA.XuwenyuaniteAg9Fe3+Te2S4Iso.43m :F43m2.BA.Orileyite(Fe,Cu)2As2.BA.Juxingite Bi6Cu140Fe30S125Iso.43m :F43m2.BA.05DjurleiteCu31S16Mon. 2/m2.BA.05GeeriteCu8S5Trig.32.BA.05RoxbyiteCu58S32Tric.1 :P12.BA.05ChalcociteCu2SMon. 2/m :P21/b2.BA.10DigeniteCu9S5Trig.3m(32/m) :R3m2.BA.10AniliteCu7S4Orth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m) :Pnma2.BA.15BorniteCu5FeS4Orth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m) :Pbca2.BA.20BellidoiteCu2SeTet. 4/m :P42/n2.BA.20BerzelianiteCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)Iso.m3m(4/m32/m) :Fm3m2.BA.25AthabascaiteCu5Se4Orth.2.BA.25UmangiteCu3Se2Tet.42m :P421m2.BA.30RickarditeCu7Te5Orth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m) :Pmmn2.BA.30WeissiteCu2-xTeHex. 6/mmm(6/m2/m2/m) :P6/mmm2.BA.35AcanthiteAg2SMon. 2/m :P21/m2.BA.35SpryiteAg8(As3+0.5As5+0.5)S6Orth.mm2 :Pna212.BA.40dUM2003-13-S:AgAuCuAg6AuCu2S52.BA.40MckinstryiteAg5-xCu3+xS4Orth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m) :Pnma2.BA.40StromeyeriteAgCuSOrth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m)2.BA.42HoneaiteAu3TlTe2Orth.mmm(2/m2/m2/m) :Pbcm2.BA.45JalpaiteAg3CuS2Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) :I41/amd2.BA.45SelenojalpaiteAg3CuSe2Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) :I41/amd2.BA.47Spiridonovite(Cu1-xAgx)2TeTrig.3m(32/m) :P3c12.BA.50WuyanzhiiteCu2STet. 422 :P432122.BA.50EucairiteAgCuSeOrth.2.BA.52ArgentiteAg2SIso.2.BA.55NaumanniteAg2SeOrth. 222 :P2121212.BA.55AguilariteAg4SeSMon. 2/m2.BA.60ChenguodaiteAg9Fe3+Te2S4Orth.2.BA.60HessiteAg2TeMon. 2/m :P21/b2.BA.60CervelleiteAg4TeSMon. 2/m2.BA.65Henryite(Cu,Ag)3+xTe2 , with x ~ 0.40Iso.m3m(4/m32/m) :Fd3c2.BA.65StütziteAg5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36Hex.6 :P62.BA.70ArgyroditeAg8GeS6Orth.mm2 :Pna212.BA.70Putzite(Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6Iso.43m :F43m2.BA.70CanfielditeAg8SnS6Orth.mm2 :Pna212.BA.75FischesseriteAg3AuSe2Iso. 432 :I41322.BA.75UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2Trig.3m(32/m) :R3c2.BA.75Penzhinite(Ag,Cu)4Au(S,Se)4Hex. 622 :P63222.BA.75PetrovskaiteAuAgSMon.2.BA.75PetziteAg3AuTe2Iso. 432 :I41322.BA.80Bezsmertnovite(Au,Ag)4Cu(Te,Pb)Orth.2.BA.80BilibinskitePbCu2Au3Te2Iso.2.BA.80Bogdanovite(Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)Iso.

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    • References for KuriliteⓘAfton MineGaragan (2014)MacMillan (2014)
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    Li et al. (2019)
    Ireland
     
    Spinks et al. (2016)
    Kenya
     
    Salimo (2013)
    Russia
     
    Vikentyev (2015)Azovskova et al. (2019)Ayupova et al. (2015)+1 other referenceMineralogy of the Baimka Cu-Au trend et al. (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B)Буханова (2018)Clark (1993)Kovalenker et al. (2005)+1 other reference
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    Aird et al. (2021)
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