The Um Samiuki volcanogenic Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt: A possible new occurrence of cervelleite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-154

  Helmy, Hassan Mohamed ^a  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervelleite; Chemical composition; Egypt; Hypogene; Silver minerals; Tellurium activity; Um Samiuki; Volcanogenic deposit

Indexed keywords

CERVELLEITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SILVER; TELLURIDE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 0032703932     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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