Goldfieldite
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About Goldfieldite

View of the Goldfield mining area, in 1907.
Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Formula:
(Cu10◻2)Te4S12S
Te (tetravalent) may be partially replaced by Sb and/or As (both trivalent). For charge-balance, Cu is then increased (Cu12-x).
Colour:
Dark lead-gray
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
3 - 3½
Specific Gravity:
4.95 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
Name:
Named after the boomtown of Goldfield, Nevada, USA, where the type locality, the Mohawk Mine, is situated.
Classification of Goldfieldite
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
2/C.11-60
2.GB.05
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
B : Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional S
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
G : Sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites
B : Neso-sulfarsenites, etc. with additional S
3.3.6.6
3 : SULFOSALTS
3 : 3 <ø < 4
3 : SULFOSALTS
3 : 3 <ø < 4
5.1.6
5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
1 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Cu
5 : Sulphosalts - Sulpharsenites and Sulphobismuthites (those containing Sn, Ge,or V are in Section 6)
1 : Sulpharsenites etc. of Cu
Physical Properties of Goldfieldite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Dark lead-gray
Hardness:
3 - 3½ on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN100=291 - 342 kg/mm2 - Vickers
Tenacity:
Brittle
Density:
4.95 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Chemical Properties of Goldfieldite
Formula:
(Cu10◻2)Te4S12S
Te (tetravalent) may be partially replaced by Sb and/or As (both trivalent). For charge-balance, Cu is then increased (Cu12-x).
Te (tetravalent) may be partially replaced by Sb and/or As (both trivalent). For charge-balance, Cu is then increased (Cu12-x).
IMA Formula:
Cu10Te4S13
Elements listed:
Common Impurities:
Ag,Fe,Zn,Bi
Crystallography of Goldfieldite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Class (H-M):
4 3m - Hextetrahedral
Space Group:
I4 3m
Cell Parameters:
a = 10.304 Å
Unit Cell V:
1,094.00 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
2
Morphology:
Massive, crusts
Type Occurrence of Goldfieldite
Other Language Names for Goldfieldite
Relationship of Goldfieldite to other Species
Member of:
Other Members of this group:
Argentotennantite-(Zn) | Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe) | Ag6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Cd-hakite | (Cu,Ag)6Cu4(Cd,Zn,Cu,Hg)2(Sb,As)4(Se,S)13 | |
Freibergite | (Ag,Cu,◻)10Fe2+2Sb4S12◻ | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Giraudite | Cu6Cu4(Fe2+,Zn)2As4Se12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Hakite-(Hg) | Cu6Cu4Hg2Sb4Se12Se | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe) | (Ag,Cu,◻)10Fe2+2Sb4S12◻ | |
Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn) | Ag6Ag4Zn2Sb4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Tennantite-(Fe) | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S12S | |
Tennantite-(Zn) | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S | |
Tetrahedrite-(Fe) | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12S | |
Tetrahedrite-(Hg) | Cu6(Cu4Hg2)Sb4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12S | |
UM1992-21-S:AgFeSb | Ag6Ag4Fe2+2Sb4S12S | Iso. |
Unnamed (As-analogue of Rozhdestvenskayaite-(Zn)) | Ag6Ag4Zn2As4S12S | |
Unnamed (Fe-analogue of Argentotennantite-(Zn)) | Ag6(Cu4Fe2)As4S12S | |
Zn-hakite | (Cu,Ag)6Cu4(Zn,Hg,Cd,Cu)2(Sb,As)4(Se,S)13 |
Common Associates
Altaite | PbTe |
Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 |
Chalcostibite | CuSbS2 |
Chalcostibite | CuSbS2 |
Famatinite | Cu3SbS4 |
Gold | Au |
Hessite | Ag2Te |
Kuramite | Cu3SnS4 |
Marcasite | FeS2 |
Petzite | Ag3AuTe2 |
Pyrite | FeS2 |
Sphalerite | ZnS |
Sylvanite | (Au,Ag)2Te4 |
Tennantite | Cu6(Cu4X2)As4S12S |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
3 photos of Goldfieldite associated with Famatinite | Cu3SbS4 |
2 photos of Goldfieldite associated with Cuzticite | Fe3+2(TeO6) · 3H2O |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Tlapallite | (Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Colusite | Cu13VAs3S16 |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Mcalpineite | Cu3(Te6+O6) |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Hessite | Ag2Te |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Krennerite | Au3AgTe8 |
1 photo of Goldfieldite associated with Calaverite | AuTe2 |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
2.GB.05 | Argentotennantite-(Zn) | Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Freibergite | (Ag,Cu,◻)10Fe2+2Sb4S12◻ | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Giraudite | Cu6Cu4(Fe2+,Zn)2As4Se12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Hakite-(Hg) | Cu6Cu4Hg2Sb4Se12Se | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Tennantite | Cu6(Cu4X2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4X2)Sb4S13 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.05 | Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe) | Ag6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
2.GB.10 | Selenostephanite | Ag5SbSe4 | Orth. |
2.GB.10 | Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 | Orth. mm2 : Cmc21 |
2.GB.15 | Pearceite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7] | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
2.GB.15 | Polybasite | [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4] | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
2.GB.15 | UM2003-14-S:AgBiFeTe | Ag16FeBiTe3S8 | |
2.GB.15 | Selenopolybasite | [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2(S,Se)7][Ag9Cu(S,Se)2Se2] | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
2.GB.15 | Cupropearceite | [Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4] | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
2.GB.15 | Cupropolybasite | [Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] | Trig. 3m : P3 1m |
2.GB.15 | UM1979-17-S:BiCuFe | ~Cu18Fe4BiS16 | |
2.GB.20 | Galkhaite | (Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
3.3.6.1 | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4X2)Sb4S13 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
3.3.6.2 | Tennantite | Cu6(Cu4X2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
3.3.6.3 | Freibergite | (Ag,Cu,◻)10Fe2+2Sb4S12◻ | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
3.3.6.4 | Hakite-(Hg) | Cu6Cu4Hg2Sb4Se12Se | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
3.3.6.5 | Giraudite | Cu6Cu4(Fe2+,Zn)2As4Se12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
3.3.6.7 | Argentotennantite-(Zn) | Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
5.1.1 | Sinnerite | Cu6As4S9 | Tric. 1 : P1 |
5.1.2 | Tennantite | Cu6(Cu4X2)As4S12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
5.1.4 | Chalcostibite | CuSbS2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
5.1.5 | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4X2)Sb4S13 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
5.1.7 | Emplectite | CuBiS2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pmna |
5.1.8 | Cuprobismutite | Cu8AgBi13S24 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
5.1.9 | Wittichenite | Cu3BiS3 | Orth. 2 2 2 : P21 21 21 |
5.1.10 | Hodrušite | Cu8Bi12S22 | Mon. |
5.1.11 | Giraudite | Cu6Cu4(Fe2+,Zn)2As4Se12S | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3m |
5.1.11 | Permingeatite | Cu3SbSe4 | Tet. |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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References for Goldfieldite
Reference List:
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Sharwood, W.J. (1907) Gold tellurides. Mining and Scientific Press: 94: 731-732.
Ransome, F.L. (1909) The geology and ore deposits of Goldfield, Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 66: 116-117.
Ransome, F.L. (1909) Mineralogical and chemical character of the sulphide ores. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 66: 165-167.
Sharwood, W.J. (1911) Notes on tellurium-bearing gold ores. Economic Geology: 6(1): 31.
Spencer, L.J. (1913) A (sixth) list of new mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine: 16: 352-378.
Shannon, E.V. (1917) Famatinite from Goldfield, Nevada. American Journal of Science: 44: 469-470.
Tolman, C.F., Abrose, J.W. (1934) The rich ores of Goldfield, Nevada. Economic Geology: 29(3): 255.
Palache, C., Berman, H., Frondel, C. (1944) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 384.
Fleischer, M. (1947) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 32: 254-255.
Lévy, C. (1967) Contribution a la minéralogie des sulfures de cuivre du type Cu3XS4. Mémoires du Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières: 54: 1-178.
Fleischer, M. (1968) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 53: 2103-2106.
Kalbskopf, R. (1974) Synthese und kristallstruktur von Cu12-xTe4S13, dem tellur-endglied der fahlerze. (Synthesis and crystal structure of Cu12-xTe4S13, the tellurium end member of the tetrahedrite group.) Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen: 21: 1-10 (in German).
Tsepin, A.I., Novogorodova, M.I., Dmitryeva, M.T (1977) First find of goldfieldite in the USSR. Doklady Akademii Sci. USSR, Earth Science Section: 234: 156-158.
Sakharova, M.S., Lebedeva, N.V., Chubarov, V.M. (1984) First find in Kamchatka of the rare Te minerals goldfieldite, rucklidgeite and native Te. Doklady Akademii Sci. USSR, Earth Science Section: 278: 165-167.
Dmitrieva, M.T., Bojik, G.B. (1988) The crystallochemical mechanism of formation of vacancies in goldfieldite structure. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 185: 601-601.
Shimizu, M., Stanley, C.J. (1991) Coupled substitutions in goldfieldite tetrahedrite minerals from the Iriki mine, Japan. Mineralogical Magazine: 55: 515-519.
Pohl, D., Liessmann, W., Okrugin, V.M. (1996) Rietveld analysis of selenium-bearing goldfieldites. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 1996: 1-8.
Trudu, A.G., Knittel, U. (1998) Crystallography, mineral chemistry and chemical nomenclature of goldfieldite, the tellurian member of the tetrahedrite solid-solution series. The Canadian Mineralogist: 36: 1115-1137.
Makovicky, E., Karup-Møller, S. (2017) Exploratory studies of substitutions in the tetrahedrite/tennantite-goldfieldite solid solution. The Canadian Mineralogist: 55: 233-244.
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Localities for Goldfieldite
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Argentina | |
| Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina); DE BRODTKORB, Milka K. Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina: A review. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 365-372.; Paar, W. H., Putz, H., Topa, D., de Brodtkorb, M. K., & Sureda, R. J. (2005, January). Occurrence and paragenesis of tellurium in mineral deposits of Argentina. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1419-1422). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.; Hubert, P., Werner, H., & Dan, T. (2009). A contribution to the knowledge of the mineralization at Mina Capillitas, Catamarca. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, 64(3), 514-524. |
PUTZ, Hubert; PAAR, Werner H and TOPA, Dan. A contributionto the knowledge of the mineralization at mina Capillitas, Catamarca. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 514-524. | |
PUTZ, Hubert; PAAR, Werner H and TOPA, Dan. A contributionto the knowledge of the mineralization at mina Capillitas, Catamarca. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 514-524. | |
| Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina; Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): USGS Open-File Report 05-1060 |
Paar, W. H., Putz, H., Topa, D., de Brodtkorb, M. K., & Sureda, R. J. (2005, January). Occurrence and paragenesis of tellurium in mineral deposits of Argentina. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1419-1422). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. | |
Paar, W. H., Putz, H., Topa, D., de Brodtkorb, M. K., & Sureda, R. J. (2005, January). Occurrence and paragenesis of tellurium in mineral deposits of Argentina. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1419-1422). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. | |
| DE BRODTKORB, Milka K. Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina: A review. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 365-372. |
| Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina); DE BRODTKORB, Milka K. Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina: A review. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 365-372. |
Armenia | |
| Kovalenker, V. A., Zalibekyan, M. A., Laputina, I. P., Malov, V. S., Sandomirskaya, S. M., Garas' ko, M. I., & Mkhitaryan, D. I. (1990). Sulfide-telluride mineralization of the Megradzor ore field, Armenia. International Geology Review, 32(7), 705-720. |
Australia | |
| Allibone, A. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 495-512. |
| Sahlström, F., Arribas, A., Dirks, P., Corral, I., & Chang, Z. (2017). Mineralogical Distribution of Germanium, Gallium and Indium at the Mt Carlton High-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit, NE Australia, and Comparison with Similar Deposits Worldwide. Minerals, 7(11), 213. |
Bulgaria | |
| Larisa Nesheva (2006) Preserved Mineral Diversity of Remarkable Mineral Finds in Bulgaria: Pyromorphite from Pcheloyad Deposit (East Rhodopes). Fourth International Symposium Mineral Diversity Research and Preservation pp129-132 |
| Bogdanov, K., Tsonev, D., and Kuzmanov, K. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 219-229.; Moritz, R., Kouzmanov, K., & Petrunov, R. (2004). Late Cretaceous Cu–Au epithermal deposits of the Panagyurishte district, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, 84(1), 79-99.; Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., & Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. In 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, Windhoek, Namibia, July 2002. CD Volume of extended abstracts. |
| Bogdanov, K., Tsonev, D., & Popov, K. (2004). Mineral Assemblages And Genesis Of The Cu-Au Epithermal Deposits In The Southern Part Of The Panaguyrishte Ore District, Bulgaria. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 36:406-415; Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., & Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. In 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, Windhoek, Namibia, July 2002. CD Volume of extended abstracts. |
| Strashimirov, S., Petrunov, R., and Kanazirski, M. (2002): Mineralium Deposita 37, 587-598.; Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.; Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., & Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. In 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, Windhoek, Namibia, July 2002. CD Volume of extended abstracts. |
| Chambefort, I., and Moritz, R. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 665-690; Nenasheva, S.N. (2009): Some Peculiarities of Mineralogy of the Deposits of Central Part of Structural-Metallogenic Zone Sredna-Gora, Bulgaria. New Data on Minerals, 44, 24-33. |
Chile | |
| Economic Geology; January 2005; v. 100; no. 1; p. 131-148 |
| Henley, R. W., Mavrogenes, J. & Tanner, D. (2012): Sulfosalt melts and heavy metal (As-Sb-Bi-Sn-Pb-Tl) fractionation during volcanic gas expansion: the El Indio (Chile) paleo-fumarole. Geofluids 12, 199-215. |
China | |
| Enkui Cao (1991): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 11(3), 278-280; Handong Qian, Wu Chen, Jin Huang, and Jiadong Xie (2000): Geological Journal of China Universities 6(2), 220-224 |
Fiji | |
| Naden, Jon; Henney, P.J.. 1995 Characterisation of gold from Fiji. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 58pp. (WC/95/041) (Unpublished) |
Greece | |
| Vodouris, P. C. (2011): Conditions of formation of the Mavrokoryfi high-sulfidation epithermal Cu–Ag–Au–Te mineralization (Petrota Graben, NE Greece). Mineralogy and Petrology 101, 97-113.; Voudouris, P. (2005). Mineralogy of the high-sulfidation Cu-Sb-Te Mavrokoryfi prospect (western Thrace, Greece). In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 1435-1438). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. |
| Repstock, A. (2011): Ore mineralogical investigation of the Au, Ag, Te, Cu, Pb, Zn-bearing epithermal veins at Pefka mine, western Thrace, northeastern Greece. Unpubl. Diploma Thesis, University of Hamburg, Germany, 97 pp. (in German).; Repstock, A., Voudouris, P., & Kolitsch, U. (2015). New occurrences of watanabeite, colusite,“arsenosulvanite” and “Cu-excess” tetrahedrite-tennantite at the Pefka high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, northeastern Greece. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 192(2), 135-149. |
Panagiotis Christos Voudouris, Vasilios Melfos, Paul G. Spry, Robert Moritz, Constantinos Papavassiliou und George Falalakis (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, 79-100. | |
| Michael, C. (2004). Epithermal systems and gold mineralization in western Thrace (North Greece). Bull Geol Soc Greece, 36, 416-423. |
| Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. |
Voudouris, P.; Tarkian, M.; Arikas, K. (2006): Mineralogy of telluride-bearing epithermal ores in the Kassiteres-Sappes area, western Thrace, Greece. Mineralogy and Petrology 87, 31-52. | |
| Economic Geology 102 (2007) 1269-1294.; Bonev, I. K., Petrunov, R., Cook, N. J., & Ciobanu, C. L. (2005). Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations. Geochem. Mineral. Petrol.(Bulg. Acad. Sci.), 42, 1-22. |
Hungary | |
| Szakáll & Gatter: Hun. Min. Spec., 1993 |
| Szakáll & Gatter: Hun. Min. Spec., 1993; Takács, Á., Molnár, F., Turi, J., Mogessie, A. & Menzies, J. C. (2017): Ore mineralogy and fluid inclusion constraints on the temporal and spatial evolution of a high-sulfidation epithermal Cu-Au-Ag deposit in the Recsk Ore Complex, Hungary. Economic Geology 112, 1461-1481. |
Szakáll & Jánosi: Minerals of Hungary, 1995 | |
Italy | |
| Fadda, S., Fiori, M., & Grillo, S. M. (2005). Chemical variations in tetrahedrite-tennantite minerals from the Furtei epithermal Au deposit, Sardinia, Italy: Mineral zoning and ore fluids evolution. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 43, 79-84. |
Japan | |
| K Jouhou, #131 (15-4-2002) |
| Polymetallic mineralization at the Shin-Ohtoyo Deposit, Harukayama District, Hokkaido, Japan, Imai, Akira; Matsueda, Hiroharu; Yamada, Ryoichi; Masuta, Kenzo, Resource Geology (Tokyo 1998), vol.49, no.2, pp.75-88, 1999; Imai, A., Matsueda, H., Yamada, R., Masuta, K. (1999): Polymetallic Mineralization at the Shin‐Ohtoyo Deposit, Harukayama District, Hokkaido, Japan. Resource Geology 49, 75-88. |
島倉広至, 三浦貴生, 浜根大輔, 松枝大治, & 三浦裕行. (2015). 北海道手稲鉱山産 Te, Bi, As 鉱物. 北海道大学地球物理学研究報告, 78, 19-35. | |
| M. Shimizu and C.J. Stanley (1991) Mineralogical Magazine 55, 515-519. |
| Sakurai & Kato (1970) Kobutsu-Gakkai Koen-Yoshi (Abstract of the Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan), 26.; Int Geol Congr (2008) Oslo. MRD-09 |
Mexico | |
| Lapis 2001(1), 11-40 |
Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne.; Bonev, I. K., Petrunov, R., Cook, N. J., & Ciobanu, C. L. (2005). Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations. Geochem. Mineral. Petrol.(Bulg. Acad. Sci.), 42, 1-22. | |
Bonev, I. K., Petrunov, R., Cook, N. J., & Ciobanu, C. L. (2005). Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations. Geochem. Mineral. Petrol.(Bulg. Acad. Sci.), 42, 1-22. | |
Bonev, I. K., Petrunov, R., Cook, N. J., & Ciobanu, C. L. (2005). Kostovite and its argentian varieties: Deposits and mineral associations. Geochem. Mineral. Petrol.(Bulg. Acad. Sci.), 42, 1-22. | |
Papua New Guinea | |
| Espi, J. O., Hayashi, K. I., Komuro, K., Kajiwara, Y., & Murakami, H. (2005). The Bilimoia gold deposit, Kainantu, Papua New Guinea: A fault-controlled, lode-type, synorogenic tellurium-rich quartz-gold vein system. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 941-944). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.; Espi, J. O., Hayashi, K. I., Komuro, K., Murakami, H., & Kajiwara, Y. (2007). Geology, Wall‐rock Alteration and Vein Paragenesis of the Bilimoia Gold Deposit, Kainantu Metallogenic Region, Papua New Guinea. Resource geology, 57(3), 249-268. |
| Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): USGS Open-File Report 05-1060 |
Peru | |
| Economic Geology November 2009 vol. 104 no. 7 905-944 |
Philippines | |
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USA | |
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Jon Aurich collection | |
Donald Cooke | |
| Econ Geol (1989) 84:2115-2138 |
Hatfield Goudey Collection - circa 1936 | |
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| Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne. EDS analyzed by Kaygeedee minerals. |
Collected by and in the collection of Alex Earl and Brent Thorne | |
| SEM-EDS analysis done by Frank Keutsch. Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne. |
Uzbekistan | |
| Handbook of Mineralogy |
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Florence Mine, Goldfield, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA