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Arsenian nagyagite from Sacarimb, Romania: a possible new mineral species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

G. Simon ,
D. H. M. Alderton  and
T. Bleser
G. Simon
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, University of Bucharest, l.N.Balcescu Av., 70111 Bucharest, Romania
D. H. M. Alderton
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
T. Bleser
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
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Abstract

Arsenic-rich nagyagite (up to 5.5 wt % As) has been discovered in samples from the Au-Ag-Te deposit of Sacarimb, western Romania. Optical properties of the mineral show small but distinct differences to nagyagite (ss). Chemical analyses indicate a substitution of As for Sb, and chemical zonation suggests rapid changes in the chemistry of the mineralising fluids.

Keywords

nagyagitearsenicSacarimbRomania
Type
Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 58 , Issue 392 , September 1994 , pp. 473 - 478
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1994

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Present address: Techn. Universität Clausthal, Inst. f. Mineralogie, Adolph-Roemer Str. 2A, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.

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