page_title: Kostovite
hierarchical_section_title: Kostovite
caption_attribution_description: English: Exhibition of Kostovite in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
context_page_description: Kostovite is a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe₄.
  It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev, who named it in honor of his professor Ivan Kostov. In 1965 kostovite was approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association. The type locality is the Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria. Small deposits have also been found in Kochbulak, Commoner mine, Kamchatka, Ashanti, Buckeye Gulch, Bisbee, Kutemajärvi, Coranda-Hondol, Glava, Bereznjakovskoje, Moctezuma, Panormos Bay, Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi complex, Kalgoorlie-Boulder City.
context_section_description: Kostovite is  a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe₄.
  It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev (Георги Терзиев) (1935–1972), who named it in honor of his professor Ivan Kostov (Иван Костов) (1913–2004). In 1965 kostovite was approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association. The type locality is the Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria. Small deposits have also been found in Kochbulak (Eastern Uzbekistan), Commoner mine (Zimbabwe), Kamchatka (Russian Far East), Ashanti (Ghana), Buckeye Gulch (Leadville, Colorado, US), Bisbee (Arizona, US), Kutemajärvi (Finland), Coranda-Hondol (Romania), Glava (Sweden), Bereznjakovskoje (Southern Urals, Russia), Moctezuma (Sonora, Mexico), Panormos Bay (Tinos Island, Greece), Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi complex (Linyi Prefecture, Shandong Province, China), Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, (Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia, Australia).
caption: Exhibition of Kostovite in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
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