Christite

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

Christite, etc.

Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

About ChristiteHide

Charles L. Christ

Formula:

TlHgAsS₃

Colour:

Bright orange to deep red or crimson

Lustre:

Adamantine

Hardness:

1 - 2

Specific Gravity:

6.2

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic

Name:

Named in honor of Charles Louis Christ (12 March 1916, Baltimore, Maryland, USA – 29 June 1980, Palo Alto, California, USA), mineralogist with the United States Geological Survey, in recognition of his "outstanding contributions in the fields of crystallography, mineralogy, and geochemistry". He was an expert in x-ray crystallography. The name is pronounced krĭst'-ite (as in crystal).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA

The Hg analogue of richardsollyite.

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Optical Data of ChristiteHide

Bireflectance:

None

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R1	R2
470nm	29.6%	30.0%
546nm	26.5%	26.9%
589nm	24.9%	25.2%
650nm	23.7%	23.9%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 30.0%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Colour in reflected light:

Grayish-white with a faint blue tint

Internal Reflections:

Very strong brilliant red-orange

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0010787	Christite	Brown K L, Dickson F W (1976) The crystal structure of synthetic christite, HgTlAsS3 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 144 367-376		1976	synthetic	0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Christite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Brown K L' 'Dickson F W' _journal_name_full 'Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie' _journal_volume 144 _journal_year 1976 _journal_page_first 367 _journal_page_last 376 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of synthetic christite, HgTlAsS3 ; _database_code_amcsd 0010787 _chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic' _chemical_formula_sum 'Tl Hg As S3' _cell_length_a 6.113 _cell_length_b 16.188 _cell_length_c 6.111 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 96.71 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 600.585 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 6.371 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1 21/n 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z Tl 0.16330 0.45039 0.33660 Hg 0.07930 0.25013 0.92070 As 0.57590 0.39160 0.92540 S1 0.20460 0.39170 0.85870 S2 0.14190 0.24080 0.35590 S3 0.14210 0.10770 0.79620 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Tl 0.02790 0.03820 0.03500 0.00250 0.00730 -0.00380 Hg 0.03030 0.02940 0.04070 -0.00330 0.00010 -0.00270 As 0.01950 0.02210 0.03090 -0.00180 0.00590 0.00220 S1 0.01800 0.03200 0.02900 0.00200 -0.00500 -0.00300 S2 0.01900 0.03100 0.02400 -0.00400 0.00200 0.00400 S3 0.01900 0.02200 0.03300 0.00100 -0.00100 0.00200

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Reference List:

Brown, K.L., Dickson, F.W. (1976) The crystal structure of synthetic christite, HgTlAsS3. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 144: 367-376.

Radtke, Arthur S., Dickson, Frank W., Slack, John F., Brown, Kevin L. (1977) Christite, a new thallium mineral from the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 62 (5-6). 421-425

Radtke, Arthur S., Dickson, Frank W., Slack, John F., Brown, Kevin L. (1977) Christite, a new thallium mineral from the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 62 (5-6). 421-425

Kolitsch, Topa, D., Giester, G. (2021): Revisions of the crystal structures of matildite, AgBiS₂, and christite, TlHgAsS₃. Poster, MinPet 2021, Vienna, Austria, September 19-21, 2021; abstract in Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges.: 167: 118.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

China
Guizhou Qianxinan Xingren County ⓘ Lanmuchang Tl deposit	Shuren An, Xianguo An, and Xilin Li (1988): Guizhou Geology 5(4), 377 Li, X., An, X., Nan, J. (1989): The second discovery of christite in nature. Chinese Science Bulletin 34(11), 942-945. Zhang, B.-G. and Zhang, Z. (2000): Biogenic lorandite and its geological significance in Xingren County, Guizhou Province, China. Gaoxiao Dizhi Xuebao (Geological Journal of China Universities) 6(2), 349-355 (in Chinese with English abstract). Zhong Zhang, Guoli Chen, Baogui Zhang, Yecai Chen, and Xingmao Zhang (2000): Geology and Prospecting 36(5), 27-30 Zhang Z., Zhang B., Hu J., Yao L., Tian Y. (2007): A preliminary discussion on the bio-metallogenesis of Tl deposits in the low-temperature minerogenetic province of southwestern China. Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences) 50, 359-370.
ⓘ Zimudang Mine	Gu, X., Zhang, Y., Fan, G., Li, T., Dong, S., Peng, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, L., Ge, Z. (2023): Zhengminghuaite, Cu6Fe3As4S12, a new sulfosalt mineral from the Zimudang Carlin-type gold deposit in southwestern Guizhou, China. American Mineralogist, 108, (in press).
Hunan Changde Shimen Co. Shimen deposit ⓘ Jiepaiyu Mine	Dan Topa & Uwe Kolitsch (EPMA- and SXRD-analyses, 2015-2017) abstract in Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 167, 118. Roth, P., Raber, T., Favreau, G. and Meisser, N. (2017): Thallium Sulfosalts from the Shimen As-Deposit, Hunan, China. Mineral Up 4(6): 8-22 Kolitsch, Topa, D., Giester, G. (2021): Revisions of the crystal structures of matildite, AgBiS2, and christite, TlHgAsS3. Poster, MinPet 2021, Vienna, Austria, September 19-21, 2021; abstract in Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges.: 167: 118.
Iran
West Azerbaijan Province Takab County ⓘ Zareh Shuran Mine ?	Asadi, H. H. Voncken, J. H. L. Asadi, H.H., Voncken, J.H.L, Kühnel, R.A., and Hale, M. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 656-671 Hale, M. (2001): Sulphosalts at Zarshuran Carlin-like gold deposit, Northwest Iran: Implications for gold mineralization. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science 110, B24-B32.
North Macedonia
Kavadarci Municipality Ržanovo ⓘ Allchar	Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.
Crven Dol ⓘ Adit No. 25	Ðorđević, T., Kolitsch, U., Drahota, P., Peřestá, M., Majzlan, J., Kiefer, S., Tasev, G., Serafimovski, T., Boev, I. and Boev, B. (2020): Mobility of Tl and Hg in the As-rich waste dumps of adit no. 25, former Allchar mine, North Macedonia. Goldschmidt Virtual 2020, June 21-26, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2020, 606, https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2020/606.pdf.
Russia
Sverdlovsk Oblast Serovsky District Turya river Tur'insk ⓘ Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit)	Stepanov, Sergey Y. Palamarchuk, Roman S. Varlamov, Dmitry A. Kiseleva, Darya V. Sharpyonok, Ludmila N. Škoda, Radek Kasatkin, Anatoly V. 2021. "The Features of Native Gold in Ore-Bearing Breccias with Realgar-Orpiment Cement of the Vorontsovskoe Deposit (Northern Urals, Russia)" Minerals 11, no. 5: 541. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11050541 Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A. V., Škoda, R., Stepanov, S. Yu. (2018): Parapierrotite from the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, Northern Urals, Russia: crystal structure and chemical composition. Zapiski RMO 141, 68-77. Kasatkin, A.V., Makovicky, E., Plášil, J., Škoda, R., Chukanov, N.V., Stepanov, S.Y., Agakhanov, A.A., Nestola, F. (2019) Gladkovskyite, MnTlAs3S6, a new thallium sulfosalt from the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit, Northern Urals, Russia. Journal of Geosciences: 64(3): 207-218. Vikentyev, I. V., Tyukova, E. E., Vikent'Eva, O. V., Chugaev, A. V., Dubinina, E. O., Prokofiev, V. Y., & Murzin, V. V. (2019). Vorontsovka Carlin-style gold deposit in the North Urals: Mineralogy, fluid inclusion and isotope data for genetic model. Chemical Geology, 508, 144-166. Kasatkin, A. V., Stepanov, S. Y., Tsyganko, M. V., Škoda, R., Nestola, F., Plášil, J., ... & Palamarchuk, R. S. (2020). Mineralogy of the Vorontsovskoe gold deposit (Northern Urals). Part 1: History of study, mineral assemblages, list of minerals. Mineralogiya [Mineralogy], 6(4), 3-34.
USA (TL)
Nevada Eureka County Lynn Mining District Elko ⓘ Carlin Gold mine (TL)	Min.Rec.:20:469. Radtke, Arthur S., Dickson, Frank W., Slack, John F., Brown, Kevin L. (1977) Christite, a new thallium mineral from the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 62 (5-6). 421-425
Humboldt County Osgood Mountains Potosi Mining District Adam Peak ⓘ Getchell Mine	Castor, Stephen B., Ferdock, Gregory C. (2004) Minerals of Nevada. Special Publication 31. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Lander County Cortez Mining District ⓘ Cortez Hills underground	Clark, L. R. (2012). Ore and gangue mineral paragenesis of the Cortez Hills Carlin-type gold deposit, Nevada: evidence for coincident high-grade gold deposition and collapse brecciation. MS Thesis, University of Nevada