| MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE AMBLER RIVER QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-628 PART A ...Ambler River and other quadrangles in northern Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral...mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628...described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...used are: AOF B C GR 1C OF MF P RI TDM USBM OF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys |
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Nelson, Steve (1997) Alaska resource data file; Ambler River Quadrangle. Open-File Report Vol. 1997 (97-856) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr97856 |
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| mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 159' 156' B1 AR060. AR051 AR050 1 AR048 \...River l:250,000-scale quadrangle, north central Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...the author(s) of this compilation: Steven Nelson Alaska U.S. Geological Survey 4200 University Dr. Anchorage...e-mail: fwilson@usgs.gov Location of map area in Alaska This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...REPORT 97-856 science for a changing " * world Alaska Resource Data File Page 1 Site: Kobuk River Type: |
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Grybeck, Donald G. (1977) Map showing known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1977 (77-166) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr77166c |
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| SURVEY KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA By Donald Grybeck Open-file report 77-166C 1977...BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA by Donald Grybeck This report, one of a series under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource...mineral deposits of the Brooks Range. The Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program is directed...the land selected under section 17 (d)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Brooks Range Because...unlikely in most of the area with the exception of the Arctic National Wildlife Range. There are no published |
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Selby, D., Kelley, K. D., Hitzman, M. W., Zieg, J. (2009) Re-Os SULFIDE (BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE) SYSTEMATICS OF THE CARBONATE-HOSTED COPPER DEPOSITS AT RUBY CREEK, SOUTHERN BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA. Economic Geology, 104 (3) 437-444 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.104.3.437 |
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| 437–444 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS Re-Os SULFIDE (BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE) SYSTEMATICS OF THE CARBONATE-HOSTED...DEPOSITS AT RUBY CREEK, SOUTHERN BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA DAVID SELBY,1,† KAREN D. KELLEY,2 MURRAY W. HITZMAN...chalcopyrite, bornite, and pyrite from the carbonate-hosted Cu deposit at Ruby Creek (Bornite), Alaska, show...Re-Os systematics of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and bornite are unaffected by greenschist metamorphism. The...hydrothermal mineralization in the Ambler district. The utility of bornite and chalcopyrite, in addition to pyrite |
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Foley, Nora K., Jaskula, Brian W., Kimball, Bryn E., Schulte, Ruth F. (2017) Gallium. Professional Paper Vol. 1802 (1802h) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1802h |
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| byproduct of the mining of other mineral commodities—mainly zinc, copper, and aluminum—and the mining technologies...Sandstone Ultramafic Apex Mine, Utah Ruby Creek Mine, Alaska Cadmium-lead-zinc ore, general Kipushi ore, general...Culkin (1978) Ayuso and others (2013) Red Dog Mine, Alaska — 26 ppm Sulfide Volcanogenic massive sulfide...sulfide Clastic-dominated, ore concentrate None Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (2005)...Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32 4,600 ppm Sulfide, germanite group Massive sulfide base-metal ores Calvertite |
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Bernstein, Lawrence R., Cox, Dennis P. (1986) Geology and sulfide mineralogy of the Number One Orebody, Ruby Creek copper deposit, Alaska. Economic Geology, 81 (7) 1675-1689 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.81.7.1675 |
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| Number One Orebody, Ruby Creek Copper Deposit, Alaska LAWRENCE R. BERNSTEIN* AND DENNIS P. COX U.S....copperdeposit,in the southwestern BrooksRange of Alaska,consistsof sulfide-richdolostone breccia zones...miner- north of Kobuk villagein the CosmosHills, Alaska alogical,and sulfurisotopestudies.More recently...recently, (67ø05'00"N, 156ø56'40"W), about350 km northwest of Fairbanks.Copper-bearingsulfidemineralHitzmanet...drilling /// 4,775,000N Coordinates in feet from Alaska State Plane System, zone 6 0 0 250 500 1000 |
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Runnells, Donald D. (1969) The mineralogy and sulfur isotopes of the Ruby Creek copper prospect, Bornite, Alaska. Economic Geology, 64 (1) 75-90 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.64.1.75 |
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| SulfurIsotopesof the Ruby Creek CopperProspect,Bornite,Alaska DONALD D. RUNNELLS Abstract The Ruby Creek...the western Brooks Range, 300 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. The dominantstructureof the districtis...There is a closerelationship be- is now called Bornite for postal purposes)lies on the northern flank...Creekin his summaryof the geologyand ore depositsof Alaska. The reader is referred to Herreid (1961) for an...criticizedthe manuscript. The personnelof Bear Creek Mining Company were helpful and cooperativeduring the |
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(2023) Renierite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America |
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| irregular patches, and as regular lamellae replacing germanite grains. Twinning: Polysynthetic. Physical Properties:...deposits. Association: Germanite, tennantite, enargite, digenite, bornite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite...Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India. In the Ruby Creek deposit, southern Brooks Range, Alaska; and at...Inexco #1 mine, Jamestown, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA. From Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Name: For Armand Marie... (1948) La reniérite (anciennement appelée “bornite orange”) un sulfure germanifère provenant de la |
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Putz, Hubert, Paar, Werner H., Topa, Dan, Makovicky, Emil, Roberts, Andrew C. (2006) Catamarcaite, Cu6GeWS8, a new germanium sulfide mineral species from Capillitas, Catamarca, Argentina: description, paragenesis and crystal structure. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (6) 1481-1497 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1481 |
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| Catamarcaite, ideally Cu6GeWS8, was discovered in bornite_-rich ore from old dumps near the La Rosario vein...Argentina. The new mineral is associated with bornite, digenite, chalcocite, covellite, sphalerite, hübnerite...rim lining cavities and fractures in chalcocite–_bornite ore, and as aggregates, up to 1 mm in size, composed...Cu6GeWS8, a été découverte dans un minerai riche en bornite dans les haldes de la veine dite La Rosario, du...de Catamarca, en Argentine. Lui sont associés bornite, digé- § E-mail address: hubert.putz@sbg.ac.at |
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(2023) Germanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America |
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| Germanite Cu13 Fe2 Ge2 S16 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point...tennantite, enargite, galena, sphalerite, digenite, bornite, Distribution: From Tsumeb, Namibia [TL]. At M’Passa...Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). In the USA, at the Inexco #1 mine, Jamestown, Boulder Co., Colorado;...the Ruby Creek deposit, Brooks Range, near Bornite, Alaska. In Cuba, from Pinar del Rio Province. In Bulgaria...Geier (1954) The paragenetic relationships of germanite and reniérite from Tsumeb, South West Africa |
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Bernstein, L.R. (1985) Geology and mineralogy of the Apex mine, Washington County, Utah. Open-File Report Vol. 1985 (85-511) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr85511 |
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| the copper-rich ore was removed during previous mining operations, leaving behind the iron-rich minerals...Kipushi, Zaire; Tsumeb, Namibia; and Ruby Creek, Alaska. High concentrations of germanium and gallium should...were generally rejected as waste during previous mining operations. The Apex mine is the first in the world...subparallel faults in the footwall of the Apex fault. Mining and drilling data are currently insufficient to...presence of abundant copper-bearing sulfides such as bornite, chalcopyrite, and chalcocite. The abundance of |
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Wagner, T., Monecke, T. (2005) GERMANIUM-BEARING COLUSITE FROM THE WATERLOO VOLCANIC-ROCK-HOSTED MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, AUSTRALIA: CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND FORMATION OF COLUSITE-GROUP MINERALS. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43 (2) 655-669 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.655 |
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| Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada ABSTRACT _Bornite_-bearing ores of the Waterloo volcanic-rock-hosted...pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, tennantite and bornite. The EMP investigations showed that the colusite...Queensland, en Australie, le minerai contenant la bornite contient aussi de la colusite germanifère, de composition...pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalérite, tennantite et bornite. Les données obtenues avec la microsonde électronique...classified by Strunz & Nickel (2001) as members of the _germanite_–mooihoekite group. This group comprises a number |
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Maslennikov, Valeriy V., Ayupova, Nuriya R., Safina, Nataliya P., Tseluyko, Aleksandr S., Melekestseva, Irina Yu., Large, Ross R., Herrington, Richard J., Kotlyarov, Vasiliy A., Blinov, Ivan A., Maslennikova, Svetlana P., Tessalina, Svetlana G. (2019) Mineralogical Features of Ore Diagenites in the Urals Massive Sulfide Deposits, Russia. Minerals, 9 (3) 150 doi:10.3390/min9030150 |
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| are subdivided into pyrrhotite-, chalcopyrite-, _bornite_-, sphalerite-, barite- and hematite-rich types...types. The relative contents of sphalerite-, _bornite_- and barite-rich facies increases in the progression...diagenites; minerals of the germanite group and Cu–Ag and Cu–Sn sulfides in _bornite_-rich diagenites; abundant...order. In contrast, the contents of sphalerite-, _bornite_-, galena- and barite-rich diagenites increases...(University of Tasmania, Australia, and Freiberg Mining Academy, Germany) microprobes. For microprobe analyses |
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Bindi, Luca, Putz, Hubert, Paar, Werner H., Stanley, Christopher J. (2017) Omariniite, Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12, the germanium analogue of stannoidite, a new mineral species from Capillitas, Argentina. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (5) 1151-1159 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.164 |
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| (putzite, catamarcaite, rarely zincobriartite) and bornite, chalcocite, digenite, covellite, sphalerite, tennantite...crystal structure, La Rosario vein, Capillitas district, Catamarca Province, Argentina. Introduction OMARINIITE...BINDI ET AL. Two further Ge-bearing sulfides – germanite and renierite – are said to occur at Capillitas...they have been misidentified with nekrasovite (“_germanite_”) and vinciennite (“renierite”). Both nekrasovite...deposit (Putz, 2005). Thus, the occurrence of germanite and renierite remains uncertain. According to |
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Mozgova, N. N., Borodaev, Yu. S., Nenasheva, S. N., Efimov, A. V., Gandhi, S. M., Mookherjee, A. (1992) Rare minerals from Rajpura-Dariba, Rajasthan, India. VII: Renierite. Mineralogy and Petrology, 46 (1) 55-65 doi:10.1007/bf01160702 |
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| (Zaire), where it had formerly been called "orange bornite" (Vaes, 1948). Until recently, renierite has been...the ore body. Due to its close resemblance to bornite, small grains of renierite in polished section...detailed investigations of renierite from Ruby Creek (Alaska) and Inexco mine (Jamestown, Colorado) as well...which is close to the general formula of the _germanite_-colusite group ( C u a ( F e , Ge, V)S4). Additional...second Ge-sulphide is provisionally identified as "germanite". Mineralogical Data Renierite, up to 0.15 mm |
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Pracejus, Bernhard - Ed. (2014) The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope (2nd ed.) Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2012-0-01360-9 |
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| OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...Inclusions of roquesite (greenish grey) in massive bornite (violet grey); one grain is cross-cut by a crack...occasionally the case). Left: Reflection colours of bornite (brown), chalcocite (blue), and pyrite (creme)...by various Cu-Fe-S-phases (e.g., chalcopyrite bornite, cubanite, and others) in a bi-directional redox...fluids being involved; rather, chalcopyrite or bornite grains adjacent to the sphalerite directly act |
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Sclar, Charles B., Geier, B. H. (1957) The paragenetic relationships of germanite and renierite from Tsumeb, South West Africa. Economic Geology, 52 (6) 612-631 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.52.6.612 |
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| THE PARAGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF GERMANITE AND RENII•RITE FROM TSUMEB, SOUTH WEST AFRICA CHARLES...germanium-bearing ore are galena,tennanrite,enargite,digenite,bornite,chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and pyrite. The two germanium-bearing...Murdochin 1953 (12) madean X-ray investigation of germanite,reni•rite, and colusite,and showedthat thesemineralsare...with galena,tennantite, germanite, and sphalerite and subordinately with bornite,chalcopyrite, chalcocite...eitherother sulfidesand/or the carbonatehostrock. Germanite,on the otherhand,containsapproximately 1« to 1• |
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(1986) Geology and mineralogy of the Apex germanium-gallium mine, Washington County, Utah. Bulletin Vol. 1577. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1577 |
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| the copper-rich ore was removed during previous mining operations, leaving behind the iron-rich minerals...Kipushi, Zaire; Tsumeb, Namibia; and Ruby Creek, Alaska. High concentrations of germanium and gallium should... generally rejected as waste during the previous mining operations. Copper, iron, lead, zinc, an~ ~ilver...the east slope of the Beaver Dam Mountains, a _northwest_-trending uplift at the boundary between the Basin...the mine is the Apex fault, which strikes north-northwest and dips 640 to 71 o W. Uig. 3). The fault is |
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Melcher, F. (2003) The Otavi mountain land in Namibia: Tsumeb, Germanium and Snowball Earth. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 148. |
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| Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite and reniérite-rich ore assaying up to 0.83 % Ge...but only 87 tons have been extracted during the mining period between 1907 and 1996, although the mine... Cd, Ge, Ga tn, ga, sph, py, bn, cp, dg, chc Germanite, reniérite, briartite, germanocolusite 20-23 wt...Zn. After liquidation of TCL in 1997, Ongopolo Mining and Processing Limited re-started the smelter operations...Tsumeb in 2000; since then small-scale selective mining of ore remnants continues in the upper levels of |
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Komuro, Kosei, Kajiwara, Yoshimichi (2004) Germanium-bearing Colusite in Siliceous Black Ore from the Ezuri Kuroko Deposit, Hokuroku District, Japan. Resource Geology, 54 (4) 447-452 doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00220.x |
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| Black Ore from the Ezuri Kuroko Deposit, Hokuroku District, Japan Kosei KOMURO and Yoshimichi KAJIWARA Institute...from the Ezuri Kuroko deposit in the Hokuroku district of Japan. X-ray microdiffractometry of this mineral...minerals, germanite, renierite, argyrodite and colusite, are known to occur in the Kuroko ore. Germanite is...is found in _bornite_-rich black ore from the Kaminosawa Nos. 1 and 2 deposits of the Kamikita mine (Takeuchi...mine (Urashima et al., 1968). Renierite occurs in _bornite_-rich black ore from the No. 11 deposit of the Shakanai |
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(1995) May - June 1995. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 26 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| indigenes serving as guides. In 1915, the Kipushi district was delineated by the famous prospec tor Major...is at the limit of profitability in underground mining is not applicable at Kipushi. If the deposit had...was probably the weakest aspect of the overall mining plan); work had to be suspended several times for...alcopyrite-B ornite Abnormal geologic contact l*«*l Bornite ES B ornite-C halcosine H IH Chalcosine Ore...germanium species (germanite, briartite) and finally by copper-rich sulfides (bornite, chalcocite) and |
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Cox, Dennis P. (1983) U.S. Geological Survey-Ingeominas mineral resource assessment of Colombia; ore deposit models. Open-File Report Vol. 1983 (83-423) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr83423 |
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| Os-Ir alloys, cooperite, sulfides, arsenides, bornite, chalcopyrite. Texture/Structure Assemblage 1:...diagnostic. Examples Urals, USSR Duke Island, Alaska Choco River placer, Columbia 1.2 (continued) References...DESCRIPTION Stockwork veinlets of chalcopyrite, bornite and magnetite in porphyritic intrusions and coeval...DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION Ore Minerals: Chalcopyrite+bornite, gold and silver do not form minerals. Texture/Structure...Cchlorite) + K feldspar* magnetite Molybdenite _Bornite_-*chalcopyrite +gold Propylitic Molybdenite Subaerial |
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Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, Donald, Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., Yeend, W.E. (1988) Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1988 (88-73) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr8873 |
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| SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas K. BundtzenS 7 Henry C. Berg 0"3 ,...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and... universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey |
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Schneider, G. I. C. (1991) Mineral Resource Series - Germanium and Gallium. Open File Report MRS 31. Geological Survey of Namibia |
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| Resource Series. The germanium occurs mainly as germanite [Cua(Ge,Fe)(S,As)4] and renierite [Cu3(Fe...germanium-bearing ore are tennantite, spbalerite, bornite, chalcopyrite, galena and pyrite. Other primary...interesting that Tsumeb is the type locality for germanite, bartelkeite, briartite, to note brunogeierite...itoite, otjisumeite, schaurteite and stottite. Germanite commonly occurs as microscopic inclusions in tennantite...Microtextural relationships indicate that the germanite was one of the earliest minerals formed in the |
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Murdoch, Joseph (1953) X-ray investigation of colusite, germanite and reniérite. American Mineralogist, 38 (9-10) 794-801 |
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| X-RAY INVESTIGATION OF COLUSITE, GERMANITE AND RENIERITE Josnnn Munoocn, UniversityoJCali,Jorniaat Los...Aesrnacr X-ray powder photographs of colusite, germanite and reni6rite show them to be essentially isostructural...truly isometric pattern being shown. Colusite and germanite are isotropic on the polished surface, but reni6rite...grayish pink of germanite. Reni6rite in addition shows more variation than germanite from the normal...pattern. The accumulated evidence indicates that germanite and reni6rite should be considered separate specres |
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