ARSENIAN NAGYAGITE FROM SACARIMB, ROMANIA - A POSSIBLE NEW MINERAL SPECIES

Authors
SIMON G ALDERTON DHM BLESER T
Citation
G. Simon et al., ARSENIAN NAGYAGITE FROM SACARIMB, ROMANIA - A POSSIBLE NEW MINERAL SPECIES, Mineralogical Magazine, 58(392), 1994, pp. 473-478
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mineralogy
Journal title
Mineralogical Magazine → ACNP
ISSN journal
0026461X
Volume
58
Issue
392
Year of publication
1994
Pages
473 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-461X(1994)58:392<473:ANFSR->2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Arsenic-rich nagyagite (up to 5.5 wt % As) has been discovered in samp les from the Au-Ag-Te deposit of Sacarimb, western Romania. Optical pr operties of the mineral show small but distinct differences to nagyagi te (ss). Chemical analyses indicate a substitution of As for Sb, and c hemical zonation suggests rapid changes in the chemistry of the minera lising fluids.