New occurrences of tellurides and argyrodite in Roşia Montanǎ, Apuseni Mountains, Romania, and their metallogenic significance

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 367-383

  Tam̌aş, Cǎlin G ^a   Bailly, Laurent ^b   Ghergari, Lucreţia ^a   O'Connor, Gary ^c   Minuţ, Adrian ^c  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c Roşia Montanǎ Gold Corporation ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Romania; Ro ia Montan ; South Apuseni Mountains; Te bearing argyrodite; Tellurides

Indexed keywords

ARGYRODITE; BASE-METAL SULFIDES; ELECTRON-PROBE MICRO-ANALYSIS (EPMA); TELLURIDES;

GERMANIUM; GOLD ALLOYS; MICROANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORE DEPOSITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFIDE MINERALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

MINERALOGY;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; METALLOGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TELLURIDE;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746608848     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.2.367     Document Type: Article

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