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Elkahia gemstone emblemElkahia GemstoneEST. 2026 · QATAR
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Mineral atlas / Species record

Bezsmertnovite

(Au,Ag)₄Cu(Te,Pb)
Approved
Chemical formula (IMA record)
(Au,Ag)₄Cu(Te,Pb)
Recognition status
Approved
IMA approval identifier / record
1979-014
First-discovery country (IMA)
Kazakhstan
Crystal system
Not supplied in the IMA master list
Mohs hardness
Not supplied in the IMA master list
Measured density
Not supplied in the IMA master list
Historical discoverer
Not supplied in the IMA master list

How it occurs in nature

This species has a documented chemistry and recognition record in the IMA catalog. The master list does not describe its formation environment. Consult the cited mineral-description studies below for species-specific occurrence and geological context; these cannot be inferred reliably from the formula alone.

Discovery & scientific record

The country refers to the master list’s first-discovery country, using modern borders. It is not a list of all deposits. A question mark is retained when the source is uncertain; a special-procedure date can refer to redefinition rather than discovery.

Original reference: Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 249 (1979), 185

IMA-CNMNC master list · page 25 ↗

RRUFF · further mineral research ↗ · Handbook of Mineralogy ↗

Catalog coverage and profile depth are different: every species in the cited IMA edition is indexed, but this edition does not provide every physical property or a full discovery narrative. The archive leaves those gaps explicit. Formulae and references are adapted from the IMA list under CC BY-SA 3.0; consult the original page for authoritative typography.

Reference snapshot: September 2026. Source dates and uncertainties are retained in the record.