Bi-sulphotellurides from the Stan Terg deposit, Kosovo

What is it about?

Bismuth sulphotellurides are common mineral phases occurring in high-temperature associations with Bi-sulphosalts and Au mineralization in various ore type deposits. New mineralogical and mineral-chemical data from the Stan Terg deposit, Kosovo, revealed the presence of abundant Bi-sulphotellurides associated with Bi- and Sb-sulphosalts and galena in pyrite–pyrrhotite-rich skarn-free ore bodies (ores without skarn minerals).

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This study provides detailed mineralogical and geochemical data concerning new sulphotellurides found in association with Bi-sulphosalts in the Stan Terg deposit. Electron microprobe data are provided for all phases identified, and their physico-chemical conditions of formation are discussed in comparison with similar assemblages elsewhere.