Description and conditions of formation of new unnamed Ag-Cu and Ag-Cu-Au sulfotellurides in epithermal polymetallic Ag-Au-Te mineralization, Tinos Island, Hellas

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-310

  Tombros, Stylianos ^a   St Seymour, Karen ^b,c   Spry, Paul G ^d  

^a University of Patras ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithermal Ag Au Te mineralization; Hellas; New sulfotellurides; Panormos Bay; Tinos Island

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; NEW MINERAL; SILVER; SULFOTELLURIDE; TELLURIUM;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PANORMOS BAY; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TINOS;

EID: 1142269805     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2004/0179-0295     Document Type: Article

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