<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An unusual association of Se minerals was studied. Se enters into the structures of sulphosalts - into bournonite, jamesonite and tintinaite at concentrations up to 0.10, 0.38 and 1.11 apfu, respectively. However, Se and Te, together with Bi, also form discrete minerals such as tetradymite, laitakarite, ikunolite and hedleyite. Members of the laitakarite-ikunolite solid solution display a wide range of anion substitution from the nearly Se-free (0.10 apfu) end member to the S-poor (0.42 apfu) end member. Their contents of Te are low. Accompanying tetrahedrite does not contain Se or Te.</p></abstract>

An unusual association of Se minerals was studied. Se enters into the structures of sulphosalts - into bournonite, jamesonite and tintinaite at concentrations up to 0.10, 0.38 and 1.11 apfu, respectively. However, Se and Te, together with Bi, also form discrete minerals such as tetradymite, laitakarite, ikunolite and hedleyite. Members of the laitakarite-ikunolite solid solution display a wide range of anion substitution from the nearly Se-free (0.10 apfu) end member to the S-poor (0.42 apfu) end member. Their contents of Te are low. Accompanying tetrahedrite does not contain Se or Te.

Bi-Se-Te mineralization from Úhorná (Spišsko Gemerské Rudohorie Mts., Słovakia): A preliminary report

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina 842 15, Bratislava

Aragonit s.r.o, Rovníková 8, 040 12 Košice

Mineralogia

An unusual association of Se minerals was studied. Se enters into the structures of sulphosalts - into bournonite, jamesonite and tintinaite at concentrations...

Bi-Se-Te mineralization from Úhorná (Spišsko Gemerské Rudohorie Mts., Słovakia): A preliminary report

Published Online: Feb 13, 2009

Page range: 87 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-008-0007-3

Keywords
laitakarite-ikunolite solid solutions, sulphosalts, tetradymite, Slovakia, Úhorná

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Bi-Se-Te mineralization from Úhorná (Spišsko Gemerské Rudohorie Mts., Słovakia): A preliminary report

Published Online: Feb 13, 2009

Page range: 87 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-008-0007-3

Keywordslaitakarite-ikunolite solid solutions, sulphosalts, tetradymite, Slovakia, Úhorná

This content is open access.

Keywords
laitakarite-ikunolite solid solutions, sulphosalts, tetradymite, Slovakia, Úhorná