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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Coupled substitutions of minor and trace elements in co-existing sphalerite and wurtzite |
Author: | Pring, A. Wade, B. McFadden, A. Lenehan, C.E. Cook, N.J. |
Citation: | Minerals, 2020; 10(2):1-14 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
ISSN: | 2075-163X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Allan Pring, Benjamin Wade, Aoife McFadden, Claire E. Lenehan and Nigel J. Cook |
Abstract: | The nature of couple substitutions of minor and trace element chemistry of expitaxial intergrowths of wurtzite and sphalerite are reported. EPMA and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses display significant di erences in the bulk chemistries of the two epitaxial intergrowth samples studied. The sample from the Animas-Chocaya Mine complex of Bolivia is Fe-rich with mean Fe levels of 4.8 wt% for wurztite-2H and 2.3 wt% for the sphalerite component, while the sample from Merelani Hills, Tanzania, is Mn-rich with mean Mn levels in wurztite-4H of 9.1 wt% and for the sphalerite component 7.9 wt% In both samples studied the wurtzite polytype is dominant over sphalerite. LA-ICP-MS line scans across the boundaries between the wurtzite and sphalerite domains within the two samples show significant variation in the trace element chemistries both between and within the two coexisting polytypes. In the Merelani Hills sample the Cu+ + Ga3+ = 2Zn2+ substitution holds across both the wurztite and sphalerite zones, but its levels range from around 1200 ppm of each of Cu and Ga to above 2000 ppm in the sphalerite region. The 2Ag+ + Sn4+ = 3Zn2+ coupled substitution does not occur in the material. In the Animas sample, the Cu+ + Ga3+ = 2Zn2+ substitution does not occur, but the 2(Ag,Cu)+ + Sn4+ = 3Zn2+ substitution holds across the sample despite the obvious growth zoning, although there is considerable variation in the Ag/Cu ratio, with Ag dominant over Cu at the base of the sample and Cu dominant at the top. The levels of 2(Ag,Cu)+ + Sn4+ = 3Zn2+ vary greatly across the sample from around 200 ppm to 8000 ppm Sn, but the higher values occur in the sphalerite bands |
Keywords: | Wurtzite; sphalerite; trace element substitution; animas; Merelani Hills |
Rights: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/min10020147 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP077229 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min10020147 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Microbiology and Immunology publications |
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