Kalgoorlieite

As2Te3
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
Kgl
IMA approved
2016
Also known as
  • IMA2015-119
  • Kalgoorlieiet

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
  1. Kalgoorlie-Boulder
  2. Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
  3. Western Australia
  4. Australia

-30.7752°, 121.5052°

2recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Safety & handling

Crystallography

Crystal system
Monoclinic
Space group
C2/m
Cell parameters
a = 14.3573(9) Å · b = 4.0199(2) Å · c = 9.8990(7) Å
Cell angles
β = 95.107(5) °
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 0.280 : 0.689
Crystal structure

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
52TeTelluriumTellurium3127.600382.800
71.87%
33AsArsenicArsenic274.922149.844
28.13%
Total532.644100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From IMA formula

Synonyms

  • IMA2015-119
  • Kalgoorlieiet

In other languages

German
IMA 2015-119 · Kalgoorlieit
Japanese
カルグーリー鉱

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

2.FA.40

  • 2Sulfides and SulfosaltsClass
  • 2.FSulfides of arsenic, alkalies; sulfides with halide, oxide, hydroxide, H2ODivision
  • 2.FAWith As, (Sb), SGroup
  • 2.FA.40KalgoorlieiteSpecies

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 1963Carron, G.J. (1963) The crystal structure and powder data for arsenic telluride. Acta Crystallographica: 16: 338-343.
  2. 1982Kanishcheva, A.S., Mikhailov, Y.N., Chernov, A.P. (1982) The crystal structure of arsenic telluride As2Te3. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR: 1982(6): 949-952.
  3. 1985Stergiou, A.C., Rentzeperis, P.J. (1985) Hydrothermal growth and the crystal structure of arsenic telluride, As2Te3. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 172: 139-145.
  4. 2015Morin, C., Corallini, S., Carreaud, J., Vaney, J.B., Delaizir, G., Crivello, J.C., Lopes, E.B., Piarristeguy, A., Monnier, J., Candolfi, C., Nassif, V., Cuello, G.J., Pradel, A., Goncalves, A.P., Lenoir, B., Alleno, E. (2015) Polymorphism in thermoelectric As2Te3. Inorganic Chemistry: 54: 9936-9947.
  5. 2016(2016)
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Kalgoorlieite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/kalgoorlieite-47039},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}