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Formula: (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)
Telluride, paramorph of
auricupride, gold-bearing mineral
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity:
Hardness: 4½
Colour: Rose-brown to bronze, quickly tarnishes in air to bluish black
Common impurities: Ag,Se
Environments
Bogdanovite occurs in the oxidation zone of gold -
tellurium deposits
(Webmin).
It occurs with bilibinskite in the
supergene zone of oxidation of deposits in Kazakhstan and Far
Eastern USSR, associated with gold, various
tellurides and tellurites of iron,
copper and lead
(AM 64.1329-1334).
Localities
At the type locality, the Aginskoe Au deposit, Central Kamchatka mining district, Bystrinsky District, Kamchatka Krai,
Russia, bogdanovite occurs in the oxidation zone of the gold -
tellurium deposit. Associated minerals include
gold, bilibinskite,
bezsmertnovite,
belyankinite, and tellurides of
iron, copper and
lead
(HOM).
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