Mineralogy of the Niederschlema-Alberoda U - Se - Polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. v. watkinsonite, nevskite, bohdanowiczite and other bismuth minerals

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 899-908

  Förster, Hans Jürgen ^a   Tischendorf, Gerhard ^b   Rhede, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aikinite; Bismuthinite; Bohdanowiczite; Erzgebirge; Germany; Matildite; Nevskite; Niederschlema Alberoda; Selenium minerals; Solid solution; Uranium deposit; Watkinsonite; Wittichenite

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COPPER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM; SOLID SOLUTIONS; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

AIKINITE; BISMUTHINITE; BOHDANOWICZITE; GERMANY; MATILDITE; NEVSKITE; SELENIUM MINERALS; WATKINSONITE; WITTICHENITE;

MINERALOGY;

BISMUTH; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; SELENIUM; URANIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 15044350759     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.3.899     Document Type: Article

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