Vavřínite Ni2SbTe2, a new mineral species from the Kunratice Cu-Ni sulfide deposit, Czech Republic

Abstract

Vavřinite, Ni2SbTe2, is a new mineral species discovered at the Kunratice Cu-Ni sulfide deposit, Czech Republic. It was observed in one polished section, where it occurs as a lath-shaped grain 20 μm long and as one additional small inclusion.

Vavřínite occurs at grain boundaries between grains of pentlandite.

Keywords

• vavřínite
• new mineral species
• Ni-Sb telluride
• electron-microprobe data
• reflectance data
• synthetic Ni2SbTe2
• X-ray-diffraction data
• crystal structure
• Kunratice
• Czech Republic