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Kalgoorlieite
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<p>Kalgoorlieite (IMA2015-119) is a mineral from <a href="/facts/Kalgoorlie%2c_Western_Australia/U1wXCWoK">Kalgoorlie, Western Australia</a>. </p><p>Kalgoorlieite is the fourth oxygen-free <a href="/facts/Arsenic/k1c4f44D">arsenic</a>-<a href="/facts/Tellurium/v7QvfIvS">tellurium</a> mineral after benleonardite, debattistiite, and törnroosite. </p><p>It was discovered in 2015 by a <a href="/facts/Curtin_University/mHlgE4h4">Curtin University</a> academic Dr Kirsten Rempel while she was checking samples in the <a href="/facts/Kalgoorlie_School_of_Mines/JzD5lkM2">Kalgoorlie School of Mines</a> Museum, and declared a new mineral in 2016, after verification and classification. </p>