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Spry, Paul G., Thieben, Scotf E. (1996) Two new occurrences of benleonardite, a rare silver-tellurium sulphosalt, and a possible new occurrence of cervelleite. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (403) 871-876 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.02

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TitleTwo new occurrences of benleonardite, a rare silver-tellurium sulphosalt, and a possible new occurrence of cervelleite
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsSpry, Paul G.Author
Thieben, Scotf E.Author
Year1996 (December)Volume60
Issue403
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_60/60-403-871.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.02Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceSpry, Paul G., Thieben, Scotf E. (1996) Two new occurrences of benleonardite, a rare silver-tellurium sulphosalt, and a possible new occurrence of cervelleite. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (403) 871-876 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.02
Plain TextSpry, Paul G., Thieben, Scotf E. (1996) Two new occurrences of benleonardite, a rare silver-tellurium sulphosalt, and a possible new occurrence of cervelleite. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (403) 871-876 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.02
In(1996, December) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 60 (403) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractBenleonardite, ideally Ag8(Sb,As)Te253, occurs in ore specimens from the Mayflower and Gies epithermal gold-silver telluride deposits in Montana commonly spatially associated with hessite and tetrahedrite. In these deposits, it is Cu-bearing (up to 2.7 wt.%) and exhibits a slight deficiency in Ag+Cu coupled with a slight excess in S. A cervelleite-like mineral coexists with benleonardite at Mayflower and is unusual in composition in that it is Se-bearing suggesting the possibility of solid solution with aguilarite (Ag4SeS).

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Geis Mine (Red Metal Claim group; Gies Mine; Elk Peak project; Bertha claim group), Cone Butte Sub-District, Warm Springs District (Gilt Edge District; Gold Hill District; Maiden District), Fergus County, Montana, USA Benleonardite, Hessite, Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Mayflower prospect (West Mayflower Mine), Norwegian Mining District (Whitehall Mining District), Madison County, Montana, USA Acanthite, Altaite, Benleonardite, Calaverite, Cervelleite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Coloradoite, Covellite, Freibergite Subgroup, Galena, Hessite, Marcasite, Nagyágite, Native Gold, Native Tellurium, Petzite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stützite, Sylvanite, Tetrahedrite Subgroup


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