 | | Journal (issue) | | Institute of Romania Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Damian, President of the Society of Economic Geology of Romania Editor...France Marian Munteanu, Geological Institute of Romania Essaid Bilal, Ecole des Mines, St. Etienne, France...Cuza” University, Iaşi, Romania Ioan Pintea, Geological Institute of Romania Grigore Buia, University...University of Petroşani, Romania Giorgios Christofides, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Floarea...Cluj-Napoca, North University Center of Baia Mare, Romania Gheorghe Damian, Technical University Cluj-Napoca |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and sulphosalts from the Larga hydrothermal system, Metaliferi Mts , Romania: Paragenesis and genetic...Intermediate levels of the Larga-Fat° a Báii field, Metaliferi Mts., Romania, are host to epithermal vein...sulphosalts, with subordinate bismuthinite derivatives (aikinite, krupkaite, bismuthinite). An exceptionally Ag-rich...both series. When widely distributed, as in the Larga system, trace amounts of Bi-minerals (sulphosalts...Bi-sulphosalts, compositional data, Larga, Metaliferi Mts., Romania. Introduction THE Neogene gold deposits |  | Damian, Gheorghe, Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Cook, Nigel J., Damian, Floarea (2008) Bismuth sulphosalts from the galena-matildite series in the Cremenea vein, Şuior, Baia Mare district, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 185 (2) 199-213 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2008/0118 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Cremenea vein, Şuior, Baia Mare district, Romania Gheorghe Damian, Cristiana L. Ciobanu, Nigel J...Şuior epithermal vein deposit, Baia Mare region, Romania. Microanalytical data show the presence of a homogeneous...The investigated samples contain matildite, bismuthinite derivatives (aikinite, friedrichite, krupkaite...(lillianite-gustavite, heyrovskýite, ‘schirmerite’), pekoite, bismuthinite, matildite, berryite, wittichenite and pavonite...the lillianitegustavite solid solution series, bismuthinite derivatives (krupkaite, gladite, pekoite), cosalite |  | IZUMINO, Yuya, NAKASHIMA, Kazuo, NAGASHIMA, Mariko (2014) Cuprobismutite group minerals (cuprobismutite, hodrušhite, kupčíkite and padĕraite), other Bi–sulfosalts and Bi–tellurides from the Obari mine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 109 (4) 177-190 doi:10.2465/jmps.140129 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and was first reported from the Banská Hodruša, Romania (Koděra et al., 1970). Kupčíkite with an ideal...is a rare mineral and was found in Băita Bihor, Romania for the first time (Mumme 178 Y. Izumino, K....wittichenite, emplectite, miharaite, aikinite–bismuthinite series (aikinite, friedrichite, hammarite, lindströmite...lindströmite, krupkaite, pekoite and bismuthinite), galenobismutite, cannizzarite, cosalite, lillianite...minerals, (b) Cu–Bi–S minerals, (c) Aikinie–bismuthinite series, (d) Pb–Bi–S minerals and (e) Bi–tellurides |  | Kołodziejczyk, Joanna, Pršek, Jaroslav, Melfos, Vasilios, Voudouris, Panagiotis Ch., Maliqi, Feriz, Kozub-Budzyń, Gabriela (2015) Bismuth minerals from the Stan Terg deposit (Trepça, Kosovo) Neues Jahrbuch f??r Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geoche, 192 (3) 317-333 doi:10.1127/njma/2015/0288 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ena → izoklakeite-giessenite+cannizzarite → bismuthinite+native bismuth → bismuth chalcogenides (joséite-A...minerals include cannizzarite, native bismuth, and bismuthinite. All described minerals are associated with...individual small inclusions of native bismuth, bismuthinite and cosalite. The aim of this study is to evaluate...heyrovskýite, izoklakeite and cannizzarite, bismuthinite, ikunolite and babkinite). Metallic minerals...mineralization type includes native bismuth, native gold, bismuthinite, members of the tetradymite-group minerals (e |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in the ternary space Bi–Te–(S + Se) (Fig. 1). Bismuthinite and guanajuatite (isotypic with stibnite) are...The following natural minerals are recognized: bismuthinite (Bi2S3), nevskite (BiSe, though rarely without...Bi2S3–Bi2Se3–Bi2Te3 is given in Figure 7. The simple sulfide, bismuthinite (Bi 2 S 3 ), and guanajuatite, the dimorph of...within the structurally distinct stibnite group (bismuthinite, stibnite, antimonselite, guanajuatite). Thus...Veselá-Nováková 1970). Bismuthinite is one of the two end members of the bismuthinite–aikinite homeotypic |  | Voudouris, Panagiotis Christos, Melfos, Vasilios, Spry, Paul G., Moritz, Robert, Papavassiliou, Constantinos, Falalakis, George (2011) Mineralogy and geochemical environment of formation of the Perama Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Te-Se deposit, Petrota Graben, NE Greece. Mineralogy and Petrology, 103 (1) 79-100 doi:10.1007/s00710-011-0160-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sphalerite, covellite, kesterite, bismuthinite, selenian bismuthinite, lillianite homologues, kawazulite-tetradymite...described from Larga/Metaliferi Mountains and Săcărîmb/Golden Quadrilateral, Romania (Ciobanu et al....deposits, northeastern Greece (Fig. 1a) contain bismuthinite derivatives, tetradymite and tellurobismuthite... Fe-free sphalerite followed by bismuthinite, selenian bismuthinite, lillianite homologues, selligmanite...replaced by ferrian tennantite (Tnt), pyrite (Py), bismuthinite (Bm), tetradymite (Ttd) and gorceixite (Grx) |  | Zhou, Haoyang, Sun, Xiaoming, Fu, Yu, Lin, Hai, Jiang, Liyi (2016) Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of Bi-minerals: Constraints on ore genesis of the Beiya giant porphyry-skarn gold deposit, southwestern China. Ore Geology Reviews, 79. 408-424 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.06.008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skarn ores, comprising bismuthinite, Bi-Cu (galenobismutite, (bismuthinite sulfosalts cosalite),...been determined by many geologists, including bismuthinite derivatives, lillianites and andorites, galena-matildite...skarn-mineralization at Beiya. These Bi-minerals include bismuthinite, Bi-Cu sulfosalts (emplectite and wittichenite)...sulfosalt (matildite), Bi-Cu-Pb sulfosalts (bismuthinite derivatives), Bi-Pb-Ag sulfosalts (lillianite...the unnamed (Bi, Pb)3(Te, S)4). 5.1.1 Bismuthinite Bismuthinite dominates the Bi-mineral assemblages in |  | Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Birch, William D., Cook, Nigel J., Pring, Allan, Grundler, Pascal V. (2010) Petrogenetic significance of Au–Bi–Te–S associations: The example of Maldon, Central Victorian gold province, Australia. Lithos, 116 (1) 1-17 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | decomposition of maldonite (gold + bismuth); and (3) bismuthinite + gold from decomposition of maldonite or jonassonite...Thermodynamic modelling of maldonite replacement by bismuthinite and gold indicates conditions to overlap with...2000), epithermal–porphyry systems (Larga, Golden Quadrilateral, Romania; Cook and Ciobanu, 2004), recent...such as Fe skarns (Ocna de Fier and Baisoara, Romania; Ciobanu et al., 2003; Ciobanu and Cook, 2004)...Au–Bi–S remobilizates from the Highis Massif, Romania (Ciobanu et al., 2006b). The presence of LMCEs |  | Cepedal, A., Fuertes-Fuente, M., Martín-Izard, A., González-Nistal, S., Rodríguez-Pevida, L. (2006) Tellurides, selenides and Bi-mineral assemblages from the Río Narcea Gold Belt, Asturias, Spain: genetic implications in Cu–Au and Au skarns. Mineralogy and Petrology, 87 (3) 277-304 doi:10.1007/s00710-006-0127-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bi-sulfosalts (wittichenite, emplectite, aikinite, bismuthinite), native bismuth, and Bi-tellurides and selenides...skarn. (a) and (b) Native gold associated with bismuthinite (bism) and tetradymite (ttd). Note the triple...between native gold and tetradymite hosted by bismuthinite. The grain is rimmed by aikinite (ai, dark gray)... which is in turn partially intergrown with bismuthinite. Scale bar: 20 mm. (d) Chalcopyrite with marginal...together with a TSB assemblage mainly consisting of bismuthinite (Bi2S3) and tetradymite (Bi2Te2S) (Fig. 3a, |  | Ciobanu, Cristiana L., Cook, Nigel J., Pring, Allan, Brugger, Joël, Danyushevsky, Leonid V., Shimizu, Masaaki (2009) ‘Invisible gold’ in bismuth chalcogenides. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (7) 1970-1999 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfosalts (cosalite, lillianite, hodrushite, bismuthinite, and aikinite), and accompanying altaite. Gold...respectively. Bismuthinite derivatives have lower Au concentrations: <2 ppm in bismuthinite and up to 542...epithermal-porphyry transition at Larga, South Apuseni Mts., Romania (Cook and Ciobanu, 2004), Au skarns...compositional plot. Abbreviations: Ai, aikinite; Bism, bismuthinite; Cos, cosalite; Gus, gustavite; Lil, lillianite...tetrahedral vacancies (e.g., in cosalite and bismuthinite derivatives) allows for Ag and Cu incorporation |  | Zhou, Haoyang, Sun, Xiaoming, Wu, Zhongwei, Yang, Tianjian, Li, Dongsheng, Ren, Yingzhi, Liu, Qiaofen, Zhu, Kunjie, Yu, Haijun (2018) Mineralogy of Bi-sulfosalts and tellurides from the Yaoan gold deposit, southwest China: Metallogenic implications. Ore Geology Reviews, 98. 126-140 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.05.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cuprobismutite in submicron-scale), bismuthinite derivatives (e.g., bismuthinite, paarite, krupkaite, lindströmite...dominated by cuprobismutite homologues, paděraite, bismuthinite derivatives and emplectite, which occur as large...the Ocna de Fier skarn Fe-Cu deposit, southwest Romania (Ciobanu et al., 2004). The molar ratios of hodrushite...associated with cuprobismutite homologues and bismuthinite derivatives (Fig. 5e, h). The EPMA data (Table...Ciobanu, 2003). 5.2 Bismuthinite derivatives Bismuthinite derivatives (bismuthinite-aikinite series) are |  | Yin, Chao, Liu, Jiajun, Carranza, Emmanuel John M., Zhai, Degao, Guo, Yuncheng (2019) Mineralogical constraints on the genesis of the Dahu quartz vein-style Au-Mo deposit, Xiaoqinling gold district, China: Implications for phase relationships and physicochemical conditions. Ore Geology Reviews, 113. 103107 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103107 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Plotinskaya et al., 2006), the Neogene gold deposits in Romania (Cook and Ciobanu, 2004), the Acupan and Baguio...Abbreviation: bd = below detection limit (0.01%). Bismuthinite derivatives include aikinite, hammarite, lindströmite...is not bismuthinite derivatives, thus, there is no naikinite value. Calculations of bismuthinite derivatives...sulfosalt minerals belong to the bismuthinite derivatives (bismuthinite-aikinite series). They are an isomorphic...krupkaite (PbCuBi3S6) with two end members of bismuthinite (Bi2S3) and aikinite (CuPbBiS3) (Pring, 1989; |  | Zhou, Haoyang, Sun, Xiaoming, Cook, Nigel J., Lin, Hai, Fu, Yu, Zhong, Richen, Brugger, Joël (2017) NANO- TO MICRON-SCALE PARTICULATE GOLD HOSTED BY MAGNETITE: A PRODUCT OF GOLD SCAVENGING BY BISMUTH MELTS. Economic Geology, 112 (4) 993-1010 doi:10.2113/econgeo.112.4.993 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals (e.g., native bismuth, maldonite, and bismuthinite) occur within the same assemblage. Textural...Gold Deposit Beiya is situated in southwest Heqing County, western Yunan Province, southwest China. Geologically...Chalcopyrite Pyrrhotite Molybdenite Galena Sphalerite Bismuthinite Bi-sulfosalts/-chalcogenides Native bismuth...The phases identified include native bismuth, bismuthinite, and various Bi sulfosalts and chalcogenides...tellurosulfides). Of these, native bismuth and bismuthinite are the most abundant. It is also common to |  | Wu, Qiang, Zhao, Tai-Ping, Chen, Wei Terry, Gao, Xin-Yu, Meng, Lei, Qiu, Wenhong Johnson (2021) Origin of the Qiyugou gold deposit in the southern margin of the North China Craton: Insights from trace elements of pyrite and mineralogy of Bi-minerals. Ore Geology Reviews, 133. 104085pp. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104085 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | boundaries of the Py1 and Py2, are intergrown with bismuthinite derivatives, Bi-Cu sulfosalts, emplectite, tetradymite...into a stable assemblage of native gold and bismuthinite. These bismuth minerals are associated with...intergrown with chalcopyrite, galena, electrum and bismuthinite de rivatives. The Py3 grains are euhedral and...tetradymite, lillianite homologs, native bismuth, bismuthinite derivatives, and cuprobismutite homologs. These...comprises mainly chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, bismuthinite, aikinite, magnetite, hematite, chlorite, epidotite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lindstromite, an intermediate between aikinite and bismuthinite. The average chemical formula is CuAg0.01PbBi2...the principal reason that native bismuth or bismuthinite are absent in the whole deposit. Fig. 10 Temperature...(Y) PbCuBi5S9(?), PbCu2Bi2S10(?) Aikinite, Bismuthinite, Matildite, Emplectite, Aramayoite Aikinite... Aikinite, Bismuthinite Cu vein with Kuroko Komaki (Shirane deposit) (Ak) Bismuthinite Stockwork vein...(Okuzu) (Ak) Bismuthinite Yamadate (Ak) Miyatamata (Ak) Bismuthinite, Wittichenite Bismuthinite Suginomori |  | Dana, Cendi D. P., Agangi, Andrea, Idrus, Arifudin, Lai, Chun-Kit, Simbolon, Doly R. (2022) Bi-Ag-Sulfosalts and Sulfoarsenides in the Ruwai Zn-Pb-Ag Skarn Deposit, Central Borneo, Indonesia. Minerals, 12 (12) 1564 doi:10.3390/min12121564 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | bismuth, tetrahedrite, cossalite, tsumoite, bismuthinite, joseite-B, Bi6 Te2 S, Bi-Pb-Te-S, Bi-Ag-S,...types identified, including tsumoite (BiTe), bismuthinite (Bi2 S3 ), Joseite-B (Bi4 Te2 S), Bi6 Te2 S...50–74.50 bdl bdl 19.60–20.37 2.65–2.85 5 Bismuthinite 1 Bi2 S3 79.5 n.d. n.d. n.d. 18.83 6...associated with magnetite and hematite, whereas bismuthinite is found as tiny inclusions within galena. Bi6...Bi-bearing minerals: (a) native bismuth and bismuthinite muthinite found as inclusion within galena; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ‘protojoseite’ (Bi3TeS), an unnamed mineral (Bi6Te2S), bismuthinite (Bi2S3), native Bi, native gold, maldonite (Au2Bi)...telluride minerals, the Golden Quadrilateral of Romania (e.g. Cook and Ciobanu, 2004), or the Emperor Mine...(metal), Fe-Ka (pyrite), Pb-Ma (galena), S-Ka (bismuthinite), Te-La and Bi-La (synthetic Bi 2Te3 ), As-La...native gold, native bismuth, maldonite (Au 2 Bi), bismuthinite (Bi 2 S 3 ), joseite-A (Bi 4 TeS 2 ), joseite-B...arsenopyrite or gangue. Occasionally, thin rims of bismuthinite (Bi2S3) overgrow native Bi in contact with gangue |  | Voudouris, P. C., Spry, P. G., Mavrogonatos, C., Sakellaris, G.-A., Bristol, S. K., Melfos, V., Fornadel, A. P. (2013) Bismuthinite derivatives, lillianite homologues, and bismuth sulfotellurides as indicators of gold mineralization in the Stanos shear-zone related deposit, Chalkidiki, northern Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (1) 119-142 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.1.119 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 119-142 (2013) DOI : 10.3749/canmin.51.1.119 BISMUTHINITE DERIVATIVES, LILLIANITE HOMOLOGUES, AND BISMUTH...association consists mainly of Bi sulfosalts (bismuthinite derivatives, lillianite homologues, matildite)...Bi-Pb-bearing sulfotellurides). The bismuthinite derivatives are mainly bismuthinite (including cuprian varieties)...+ native bismuth + bismuth sulfotellurides → bismuthinite-aikinite solid solution series→ matildite +...contribution to the ore-forming fluid. Keywords: bismuthinite derivatives, lillianite homologues, bismuth |  | | Book | | Udubaşa (1938, Ocnele Mari, Romania) Director of the Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest; President...President of the Mineralogical Society of Romania; Member of the Commission for New Minerals and Mineral Names...and about 100 articles - one-third outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll) Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll), Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zacaminte) Founded 1910 by the Geological Institute of Romania VOL. ISSN 1220-5648 87 No. 1 CONTENT Gheorghe...tradition/heritage: the museum mines and geoparks in Romania ………................... 7 Mircea GEORGESCU The...mineralization related to Late Cretaceous magmatism in Romania ….................... 15 A. Feyzi BİNGÖL, Mesut...economic outlook of Jiu Valley hard coal deposit, Romania ............................................ 41...Mts., Romania ……....... 47 - continued on the back cover - Geological Institute of Romania Society |  | Wang, Changhong, Huang, Yongjian, Ma, Yu, Zhang, Zhifeng (2019) Geochemistry, mineralogy and mineral chemistry of the Welatam Cu-Mo-Bi-Au prospect, Northeast Myanmar. Ore Geology Reviews, 111. 102973 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.102973 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | molybdenite (for Mo), sphalerite (for Zn), Bismuthinite (for Bi), Calaverite (for Te), antimonite (for...the syenite samples. These minerals include bismuthinite, joséite-A, joséite-B, hedleyite, ikunolite...ternary (Bi + Pb)-Te-(S + Se) diagram (Fig. 6). Bismuthinite (Bi2S3) commonly appears as large patches intergrown...Bi-Te-S phases and molybdenite (Fig. 7l). All bismuthinite are characterized by being Pb-rich and Cu-deficient...relatively common and frequently intergrown with bismuthinite (Fig. 7l). Chemical compositions of the studied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granitoids. For example, native bismuth and bismuthinite are abundant and Bi sulfosalts are rare in the...and trace amounts of native bismuth (Bi0) and bismuthinite are found in the highest fS2 and fO2 mineralized...Wasada granodiorite (I- type, magnetite-series). Bismuthinite is a major Bi mineral, and native bismuth and...in only the IWA samples. Native bismuth and bismuthinite occur as the major Bi minerals in most of the...ikunolite, and tetradymite) are usually found within bismuthinite. Representative chemical compositions of these |  | Zheng, Bo, Zhu, Yongfeng, An, Fang, Huang, Qiu-yue, Qiu, Tian (2015) As–Sb–Bi–Au mineralization in the Baogutu gold deposit, Xinjiang, NW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 69. 17-32 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.01.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | chalcopyrite, and trace pyrrhotite, sphalerite, bismuthinite, native bismuth and native gold, with minor...L1 lode of No. 11 orebody Native bismuth and bismuthinite are common in the L1 lode of the No. 11 orebody... The latter group was generally replaced by bismuthinite (Fig. 8F; Fig. 9A–E) whereas those enclosed...in sulfides (first group) are unmodified. Most bismuthinite crystals are in immediate contact with native...gold were precipitated simultaneously, whereas bismuthinite was considered to be precipitated later in the |  | Liu, Junchen, Wang, Yitian, Huang, Shikang, Wei, Ran, Sun, Zhenghao, Hu, Qiaoqing, Hao, Jiaolong (2020) The gold occurrence in pyrite and Te–Bi mineralogy of the Fancha gold deposit, Xiaoqinling gold field, southern margin of the North China Craton: Implication for ore genesis. Geological Journal, 55 (8). 5791-5811 doi:10.1002/gj.3637 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tellurobismuthite, buckhornite, tetradymite, krupkaite, and bismuthinite, and native bismuth is also found. Bi (Te) melts...northernmost Paleo‐Tethys also a plenty of bismuthinite were explored in the gold‐bearing quartz Ocean...μm. Some petzite sulfosalts (krupkaite and bismuthinite), and native bismuth (Figure 8). analyses gave...widespread telluride that commonly that plenty of bismuthinite were explored in the bottom tunnel of the occurs...southern ore belt of Xiaoqinling gold field. Bismuthinite occurs as (Figure 8h) and displays mutual curvilinear |
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