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Melonite from Kingash and Kuskanak, Eastern Sayans, Russia, and the extent of Bi-for-Te substitution in melonite and synthetic Ni(Te,Bi)2–x

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrei Y. Barkov ,
Gennadiy I. Shvedov ,
Roberta L. Flemming ,
Anna Vymazalová  and
Robert F. Martin
Andrei Y. Barkov*
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory of Industrial and Ore Mineralogy, Cherepovets State University, 5 Lunacharsky Avenue, 162600 Cherepovets, Russia
Gennadiy I. Shvedov
Affiliation:
Institute of Mining, Geology and Geotechnology, Siberian Federal University, 95, Avenue Prospekt im. gazety "Krasnoyarskiy Rabochiy", 660025 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Roberta L. Flemming
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
Anna Vymazalová
Affiliation:
Czech Geological Survey, Geologická 6, 152 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic
Robert F. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Québec H3A 0E8, Canada
*
*E-mail: ore-minerals@mail.ru
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Abstract

We describe occurrences of palladoan melonite in intimate intergrowths with cobaltite-gersdorffite from the Neoproterozoic dunite-wehrlite-gabbro complexes of Kingash and Kuskanak, Eastern Sayans, Russia. The observed compositional trends of melonite are consistent with the overallvariations examined on the basis of numerous literature sources. The levels of Bi in NiTe2 are normally limited to ≤0.25 Bi atoms per formula unit (apfu), under natural conditions. Greater levels (≤0.5 Bi apfu) are associated with the (Pd + Pt) enrichment in the palladoanvarieties. The telluride–sulfarsenide intergrowths probably formed at Kingash and Kuskanak late in the crystallization history of the ore zones, from microdroplets of residual melt rich in semimetals (Te, Bi, As) and noble metals (Pd and Ag), below the solidus of the enclosing gabbroicrocks and within a narrow range of temperatures (500–550°C). On the basis of our observations made on specimens of melonite and synthetic Ni(Te,Bi)2–x (x = 0.6), we infer that the limit of incorporation of Bi into a melonitetype phase is ≤0.5 Bi apfu.

Keywords

melonitesynthetic NiTe2–xsolid solutionsNeoproterozoic ultramafic-mafic complexesNi-Pd telluridesKingashKuskanakEastern SayansRussia
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , June 2017 , pp. 695 - 705
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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