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Birch, W. D. (1981) Silver sulphosalts from the Meerschaum Mine, Mt. Wills, Victoria, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (333) 73-78 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.44.333.12

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TitleSilver sulphosalts from the Meerschaum Mine, Mt. Wills, Victoria, Australia
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsBirch, W. D.Author
Year1981 (March)Volume44
Issue333
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_44/44-333-73.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1981.44.333.12Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceBirch, W. D. (1981) Silver sulphosalts from the Meerschaum Mine, Mt. Wills, Victoria, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (333) 73-78 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.44.333.12
Plain TextBirch, W. D. (1981) Silver sulphosalts from the Meerschaum Mine, Mt. Wills, Victoria, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (333) 73-78 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.44.333.12
In(1981, March) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 44 (333) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractA rich vein of silver and silver-lead sulphosalt minerals was discovered in 1906 in the Meerschaum Mine, on the Sunnyside goldfield at Mt. Wills, in northeastern Victoria. Andorite, miargyrite, tetrahedrite (freibergite), owyheeite, and argentian gold are the main silver-bearing minerals present, and sphalerite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, and covelline also occur in the vein.The vein was probably emplaced under epithermal conditions from ore fluids accompanying the intrusion of the Mt. Wills granite. The main silver-bearing minerals were probably deposited at temperatures ranging from about 350 ° to below 300 °C.

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Meerschaum mine, Sunnyside goldfield, Glen Wills, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia

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Meerschaum mine, Sunnyside goldfield, Glen Wills, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia Andorite, Arsenopyrite, Covellite, Electrum, Freibergite Subgroup, Miargyrite, Native Gold, Owyheeite, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite Subgroup, Zinkenite


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