Jonassonite, Au(Bi,Pb)5S4, a new mineral species from Nagybörzsöny, Hungary

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1127-1136

  Paar, Werner H ^a   Putz, Hubert ^a   Topa, Dan ^a   Roberts, Andrew C ^b   Stanley, Chris J ^c   Culetto, Franz J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d KELAG Kärntner Elektrizitäts Aktiengesellschaft ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe analyses; Gold bismuth sulfide; Hungary; Jonassonite; Nagyb rzs ny; New mineral species; Reflectance data; X ray data

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; REFLECTION; TWINNING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANHEDRAL GRAINS; GOLD BISMUTH SULFIDE; JONASSONITE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BISMUTH; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GOLD; JONASSONITE; MINERALIZATION; NEW MINERAL; SULFIDE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BORZSONY MOUNTAINS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 33745473856     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1127     Document Type: Article

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