{{Infobox mineral | name = Argutite | category = Oxide mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = | caption = | formula = GeO<sub>2</sub> |IMAsymbol=Agt<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | molweight = 104.61 | strunz = 4.DB.05 | dana = 04.04.01.07 | system = Tetragonal <br/>Ditetragonal dipyramidal class | symmetry = Tetragonal <br/>H–M Symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m) <br/>Space group: ''P''4<sub>2</sub>/mnm | unit cell = a = 4.3975, c = 2.8625&nbsp;[Å]; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;2 | color = Grayish black, light gray in reflected light | habit = Subhedral crystals, as inclusions in sphalerite | twinning = Occasionally twinned on {101} | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 6-7 | luster = Vitreous - adamantine | refractive = 2.01 | opticalprop = Uniaxial (+) | birefringence = | pleochroism = | streak = | gravity = 6.28 calculated | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Transparent to opaque | other = | references = <ref name=Webmin>[http://webmineral.com/data/Argutite.shtml Webmineral]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-330.html Mindat.org]</ref><ref name=HBM>[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/argutite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]</ref> }}

'''Argutite''' (GeO<sub>2</sub>) is a rare germanium oxide mineral. It is a member of the rutile group.

It was first described for an occurrence in the Argut deposit, central Pyrenees, Haute-Garonne, France in 1983.<ref name=Mindat/><ref name=HBM/> The type locality is within a zinc ore deposit within lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that have undergone metamorphism. Associated minerals include sphalerite, cassiterite, siderite and briartite.<ref name=HBM/>

== See also == {{Portal|Earth sciences}} * List of minerals

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Oxide minerals Category:Germanium minerals

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