Replacement of pyrrhotite by pyrite and marcasite under hydrothermal conditions up to 220 °C: An experimental study of reaction textures and mechanisms

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1878-1893

  Qian, Gujie ^a,b   Xia, Fang ^b,c   Brugger, Joël ^b,c   Skinner, William M ^a   Bei, Jiafang ^d   Chen, Guorong ^e   Pring, Allan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

And marcasite; Crystallographic relationship; Dissolution reprecipitation reaction; Hydrothermal replacement; Pyrite; Pyrrhotite alteration; Textures

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; POLYSULFIDES; PYRITES; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

AND MARCASITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP; DISSOLUTION REPRECIPITATION REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT; PYRRHOTITE ALTERATION;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MARCASITE; NUCLEATION; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; PYRRHOTITE; SUPERSATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 81855226420     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3691     Document Type: Article

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