Maletoyvayamite, Au3Se4Te6, a new mineral from Maletoyvayam deposit, Kamchatka peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Mineralogical Magazine
• Main Authors: Tolstykh N. D., Tuhy M., Vymazalova A., Plasil J., Laufek F., Kasatkin A. V., Nestola F., Bobrova O. V.
• Other Authors: Tolstykh, N. D., Tuhy, M., Vymazalova, A., Plasil, J., Laufek, F., Kasatkin, A. V., Nestola, F., Bobrova, O. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Au; 3; Se; 4; Te; 6; chemical composition; crystal structure; Gaching Au mineralisation; Kamchatka; Maletoyvayam deposit; maletoyvayamite; reflectance; Russia; X-ray diffraction; Kamchatka Peninsula
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3337813; https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.81

Maletoyvayamite, Au3Se4Te6, is a new mineral discovered in a heavy-mineral concentrate from the Gaching occurrence of the Maletoyvayam deposit, Kamchatka, Russia (60°19′51.87″N, 164°46′25.65″E). It forms anhedral grains (10 to 50 μm in size) and is found in intergrowths with native gold (Au-Ag), Au...