{{Infobox mineral | name = Galkhaite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Galkhaite-173728.jpg | imagesize = 260px | alt = | caption = Galkhaite crystals to 3 mm on matrix, Getchell Mine, Nevada. | category = Sulfosalt minerals | formula = {{chem2|(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12}} | IMAsymbol = Gkh<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|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}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = 2.GB.20 | dana = | system = Cubic | class = Hextetrahedral ({{overline|4}}3m) <br/>H-M symbol: ({{overline|4}} 3m) | symmetry = ''I''{{overline|4}}3m | unit cell = | color = | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = }}
'''Galkhaite''' is a rare and chemically complex sulfosalt mineral from a group of natural thioarsenites. Its formula is {{chem2|(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12}}, making the mineral the only known natural Cs-Hg and Cs-As phase. It occurs in Carlin-type hydrothermal deposits.<ref>{{cite web|title=Galkhaite|url=http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/galkhaite.pdf|website=handbookofmineralogy.com|publisher=Handbook of Mineralogy (original description by Gruzdev et al. 1972)|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Galkhaite|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-1643.html|website=mindat.org|publisher=Hudson Institute of Mineralogy|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Galkhaite Mineral Data|url=http://webmineral.com/data/Galkhaite.shtml|website=webmineral.com|publisher=David Barthelmy|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Arehart|first1=G.B.|last2=Chakurian|first2=A.M.|last3=Tretbar|first3=D.R.|last4=Christensen|first4=J.N.|last5=McInnes|first5=B.A.|last6=Donelick|first6=R.A.|title=Evaluation of Radioisotope Dating of Carlin-Type Deposits in the Great Basin, Western North America, and Implications for Deposit Genesis|url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/segweb/economicgeology/article/98/2/235/22278/Evaluation-of-Radioisotope-Dating-of-Carlin-Type|journal=Economic Geology|date=2003|volume=98|issue=2 |pages=235–248|doi=10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.235 |bibcode=2003EcGeo..98..235A |access-date=October 3, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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Category:Sulfosalt minerals Category:Caesium minerals Category:Arsenic minerals Category:Antimony minerals Category:Thallium minerals Category:Cubic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 217 Category:Minerals described in 1972
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