Mineralogy of the Niederschlema-Alberoda U - Se-polymetallic deposit, Erzgebirge, Germany. II: Hessite, Ag2Te, and native Te (?), the first tellurium minerals

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-113

  Forster H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erzgebirge; Germany; Hessite; Native tellurium; Niederschlema Alberoda; Selenium and tellurium fugacities; Uranium deposit

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; NEW MINERAL; ORE DEPOSIT; TELLURIUM; URANIUM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3342996542     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2004/0180-0101     Document Type: Article

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