The chemical composition of tetrahedrite-tennantite ores from the prehistoric and historic Schwaz and Brixlegg mining areas (North Tyrol, Austria)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 925-936

  Krismer, Matthias ^a   Vavtar, Franz ^a   Tropper, Peter ^a   Kaindl, Reinhard ^a   Sartory, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brixlegg; Copper ore provenancing; Enargite; Fahlore; Famatinite; Schwaz; Sulphide thermochemistry; Tennantite; Tetrahedrite

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER SMELTING; EXCAVATION; MERCURY AMALGAMS; PYRITES; SILVER; SLAGS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TEXT MINING; TEXTURES; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

BRIXLEGG; COPPER ORE; ENARGITE; FAHLORE; FAMATINITE; SCHWAZ; TENNANTITE; TETRAHEDRITE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BRECCIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; FAHLORE; MINERALOGY; ORE MINERAL; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; SMELTING; SULFIDE; TENNANTITE; TETRAHEDRITE; TEXTURE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AUSTRIA; SCHWAZ; TYROL;

EID: 84855463005     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2137     Document Type: Article

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