Genesis of filamentary pyrite associated with calcite crystals

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 905-913

  Bonev, Ivan K ^a   Garcia Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^b   Atanassova, Radostina ^a   Otalora, Fermin ^b   Petrussenko, Svetoslav ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Calcite; Contemporaneous growth; Crystal morphology; Filamentary crystals; Filamentary pyrite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; PYRITES; TEMPERATURE;

CALCITE CRYSTALS; COLUMNAR CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; FILAMENTARY CRYSTALS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINERALISATION; THREE GENERATIONS; VARYING THICKNESS;

CRYSTALS;

CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PYRITE;

EID: 30344462978     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0905     Document Type: Article

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