Gold-telluride nanoparticles revealed in arsenic-free pyrite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 1515-1518

  Ciobanu, Cristiana L ^a   Cook, Nigel J ^a   Utsunomiya, Satoshi ^b   Kogagwa, Masashi ^b   Green, Leonard ^a   Gilbert, Sarah ^c   Wade, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic free pyrite; Au (Ag) tellurides; Devolatilization; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PYRITES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DEVOLATILIZATION; GOLD TELLURIDE; HIGH POROSITY; MICROFRACTURING; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; OROGENIC EVENTS; REFRACTORY GOLD;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PYRITE; TELLURIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84866653209     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4207     Document Type: Article

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