Gold-bearing arsenopyrite and pyrite in refractory ores: Analytical refinements and new understanding of gold mineralogy

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-142

  Benzaazoua, Mostafa ^a,b   Marion, P ^a   Robaut, F ^c   Pinto, A ^d  

^a Nancy University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c Grenoble INP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenopyrite; Electron microprobe analysis; Gold; Growth zoning; Pyrite; Refractory ores; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PYRITES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARSENOPYRITE; GROWTH ZONING; REFRACTORY ORES;

GOLD;

ARSENOPYRITE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GOLD; ION MICROPROBE; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; ORE MINERAL; PYRITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLOMBIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35048850838     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.2.123     Document Type: Article

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