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Renierite from
Meat Cove zinc deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
| Locality type: | Deposit |
|---|---|
| Classification | |
| Species: | Renierite |
| Formula: | (Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16 |
| Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Renierite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Meat Cove zinc deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Data Identifiers | |
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 751466 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:751466:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2c7b92cb-429e-44a8-a979-b9590ea16ccf |
| References | |
| The Nova Scotia Mineral Occurrence Database (MODB) | |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) | |
 **Frenzel, Max, Ketris, Marina P., Gutzmer, Jens (2014) On the geological availability of germanium. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (4) 471-486 doi:10.1007/s00126-013-0506-z**Journal (article/letter/editorial)amounts of recoverable Ge contained within sulphidic zinc ores and coals, given current processing technologies...technologies. It is expected that at least 119 kt (∼7 kt in zinc ores and ∼112 kt in coal) of recoverable germanium...200 ppm in coal, while at least 440 kt (∼50 kt in zinc ores and ∼390 kt in coal) should become recoverable...associated to coal reserves at 8–200 ppm Ge and zinc resources containing in excess of 100 ppm Ge in...current germanium production which is mostly from _zinc_-smelter residues and high-Ge coal ashes (Guberman |