Greenockite and zincian greenockite in epithermal polymetallic Ag-Au-Te mineralization, Tinos Island, Hellas: Description and conditions of formation

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Epithermal Ag Au Te mineralization; Hellas; Panormos Bay; Tinos Island; Zincian greenockite

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; SILVER; TELLURIUM;

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

EID: 29144485731     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2005/0024     Document Type: Article

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