Selenide Mineralization in the Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal Ore District
2.1. History of Mining
2.2. Geological Situation
3. Methods of Research
3.1. Reflected Light Microscopy
3.2. Quantitative Analysis of Chemical Composition
3.3. X-Ray Powder Diffraction Methods (PXRD)
3.4. Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Methods (SXRD)
3.5. Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)
3.6. Raman Spectroscopy
4. Results
4.1. Characterization of Selenide Occurrences in Příbram
4.2. Characteristics of Individual Minerals of the Selenide Association
4.2.1. Antimonselite Sb2Se3
4.2.2. Athabascaite Cu5Se4
4.2.3. Bellidoite Cu2Se
4.2.4. Berzelianite Cu2−xSe
4.2.5. Brodtkorbite, Cu2HgSe2
4.2.6. Bukovite, Tl2(Cu,Fe)4Se2
4.2.7. Bytízite, Cu3SbSe3
4.2.8. Cadmoselite, CdSe and Greenockite, CdS
4.2.9. Chaméanite, (Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4
4.2.10. Clausthalite, PbSe
4.2.11. Crookesite, Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4
4.2.12. Dzharkenite-Pyrite Solid Solution, FeSe2-FeS2
4.2.13. Eskebornite-Chalcopyrite Solid Solution, CuFeSe2-CuFeS2
4.2.14. Eucairite, AgCuSe
4.2.15. Ferroselite, FeSe2
4.2.16. Klockmannite, CuSe
4.2.17. Naumannite, Ag2Se
4.2.18. Permingeatite, Cu3SbSe4
4.2.19. Příbramite-Chalcostibite Solid Solution CuSbSe2-CuSbS2
4.2.20. Sabatierite, Cu6TlSe4
4.2.21. Tetrahedrite Group
4.2.21.1. Giraudite-Tennantite Solid Solution, Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4Se13-Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
4.2.21.2. Hakite-Tetrahedrite Solid Solution, Cu6[Cu4(Hg,Zn)2]Sb4Se13-Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
4.2.21.3. Unnamed Hg-Cu-Sb Selenide from the Tetrahedrite Group
4.2.21.4 Trends in the Chemical Composition of Minerals of the Tetrahedrite Group at Příbram
4.2.22. Tiemannite, HgSe
4.2.23. Umangite, Cu3Se2
4.2.24. Unnamed Cu-As Selenide, CuAsSe
5. Succession of Crystallization
6. Discussion of the Formation Conditions
7. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Škácha, P.; Sejkora, J.; Plášil, J. Selenide Mineralization in the Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic). Minerals 2017, 7, 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7060091
Škácha P, Sejkora J, Plášil J. Selenide Mineralization in the Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic). Minerals. 2017; 7(6):91. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7060091
Chicago/Turabian StyleŠkácha, Pavel, Jiří Sejkora, and Jakub Plášil. 2017. "Selenide Mineralization in the Příbram Uranium and Base-Metal District (Czech Republic)" Minerals 7, no. 6: 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/min7060091