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Nagyágite
Sulfosalt mineral

Nagyágite (Pb5Au(Te,Sb)4S(5–8)) is a rare sulfide mineral with known occurrence associated with gold ores. Nagyágite crystals are opaque, monoclinic and dark grey to black coloured.

It was first described in 1845 for an occurrence at the type locality of the Nagyág mine, Săcărâmb, Hunedoara County, Romania.

It occurs in gold–tellurium epithermal hydrothermal veins. Minerals associated with nagyágite include: altaite, petzite, stutzite, sylvanite, tellurantimony, coloradoite, krennerite, native arsenic, native gold, proustite, rhodochrosite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, calaverite, tellurobismuthite, galena and pyrite.

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References

  1. "Nagyágite". Mindat.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022. http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2830

  2. Barthelmy, David (2014). "Nagyagite Mineral Data". Webmineral.com. Retrieved 6 August 2022. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Nagyagite.shtml

  3. Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (2005). "Nagyágite" (PDF). Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineral Data Publishing. Retrieved 6 August 2022. http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/nagyagite.pdf