Bismuth tellurides as gold scavengers (original) (raw)

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Bi-Te melts have potential as Au scavengers in different types of gold deposits. Using phase equilibria, we define ‘melt-(precipitation) windows’ within which the Bi-Te scavenging mechanism can operate. Predicted assemblages correlate well with those in natural samples and can be applied in other cases to explain the distribution of telluride minerals in Au deposits.

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1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, S.A., 5005, Australia
   Cristiana L. Ciobanu & Allan Pring
2. Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A., 5000, Australia
   Cristiana L. Ciobanu & Allan Pring
3. Geology Section, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Boks 1172 Blindern, 0318, Oslo, Norway
   Nigel. J. Cook

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Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Pring, A. (2005). Bismuth tellurides as gold scavengers. In: Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27946-6\_352

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