Tellurantimony
Tellurantimony is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula Sb₂Te₃.
It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system (space group R-3m). It is a member of the Tetradymite structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 6.511; Metallic luster.
IMA symbol Tea, IMA status: approved, named in 1972.
Found in a zinc-rich stratiform massive sulfide deposit of volcanogenic origin in Archean volcanics (Mattagami Lake mine, Canada).
It is found associated with Altaite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite (Mattagami Lake mine, Canada); altaite, tellurium (Kobetsuzawa mine, Japan).
The name refers to its composition.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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