Mineralogy of the Niederschlema-Alberoda U - Se - polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. III. First indication of complete miscibility between tennantite and giraudite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1719-1732

  Förster, Hans Jürgen ^a   Rhede, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bismuthoan tennantite; Giraudite; Hakite; Mercury; Miscibility; Niederschlema Alberoda, Erzgebirge, Germany; Solid solution; Tennantite; Tetrahedrite; Uranium deposit

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLUBILITY;

DIVALENT CATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MINERALIZATION; TEMPORAL SEQUENCES;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MIXING; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

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

EID: 15044354571     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1719     Document Type: Article

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