Kostovite (IMA symbol: Ktv) is a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe4.[2][3][4]

Kostovite
General
CategoryTelluride mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
AuCuTe4
IMA symbolKtv[1]
Strunz classification2.EA.15 (10 ed)
2/D.16-10 (8 ed)
Dana classification02.12.13.4
Crystal systemOrthorhombic
Crystal classPyramidal (mm2)
H-M Symbol: (mm2)
Space groupPma2
Identification
ColorGrayish white
TwinningFine lamellar
CleavageDistinct/good
TenacityBrittle
Mohs scale hardness2 – 2.5
LusterMetallic
DiaphaneityOpaque
Specific gravity7.94
Optical propertiesAnisotropic
PleochroismVisible
References[2][3][4][5][6]

It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Ivanov Terziev, who named it in honor of his professor Ivan Kostov (Иван Костов) (1913–2004).[7][8] In 1965 kostovite was approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association.[9] The type locality is Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria.[10] Small deposits have also been found in Kochbulak (Eastern Uzbekistan), Commoner mine (Zimbabwe), Kamchatka (Russian Far East), Ashanti (Ghana), Buckeye Gulch (Leadville, Colorado, US), Bisbee (Arizona, US),[11] Kutemajärvi (Finland), Coranda-Hondol (Romania), Glava (Sweden), Bereznjakovskoje (Southern Urals, Russia), Moctezuma (Sonora, Mexico), Panormos Bay (Tinos Island, Greece), Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi complex (Linyi Prefecture, Shandong Province, China), Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, (Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia, Australia).[12]

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  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ a b Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Kostovite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Kostovite, Mindat.org, retrieved 6 August 2022
  4. ^ a b Barthelmy, David (2014). "Kostovite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Information about Kostovite". RRUFF Database.
  6. ^ "Kostovite (IMA 1965-002)". Mineralienatlas Lexicon.
  7. ^ Terziev, G. (1966). "Kostovite, A Gold-Copper Telluride from Bulgaria" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 51: 29–36.
  8. ^ Hey, M.H. (1966). "Twenty-fourth list of new mineral names" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 36 (276): 1140. Bibcode:1966MinM...36.1126H. doi:10.1180/minmag.1966.036.276.08.
  9. ^ "International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and New Names" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 36: 1143–45. 1968. doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.036.284.11.
  10. ^ Information about Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria, Mindat.org, retrieved 6 August 2022
  11. ^ "Kostovite". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
  12. ^ Bonev, Ivan K.; Petrunov, Rumen; Cook, Nigel J.; Ciobanu, Cristiana L. (2005). "Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations" (PDF). Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (42): 1–22.
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