Putzite, (Cu4.7Ag3.3)∑8GeS 6, a new mineral species from Capillitas, Catamarca, Argentina: Description and crystal structure

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1757-1769

  Paar, Werner H ^a   Roberts, Andrew C ^b   Berlepsch, Peter ^c   Armbruster, Thomas ^c   Topa, Dan ^a   Zagler, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capillitas district, Farall n Negro complex, Catamarca Province, Argentina; Copper silver germanium sulfide; Crystal structure; Electron microprobe analyses; New mineral species; Putzite; Reflectance data; Rosario vein; X ray data

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLISHING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES; VEINS;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; NEW MINERAL; PUTZITE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ARGENTINA; CATAMARCA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044364396     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1757     Document Type: Article

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