Sulfides

David J. Vaughan

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.02903-1

Sulfides

David J. Vaughan^*

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The mineralogy, mineral chemistry and geological occurrence of metal sulfides, the major sources of world supplies of many metals, are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the major sulfide minerals pyrite, pyrrhotite, mackinawite, galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite, and the sulfarsenide mineral arsenopyrite. Coverage includes discussion of crystal structures, compositional limits, physical properties, and of phase relations including applications in geothermometry and geobarometry. Aspects of the low temperature geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, and surface chemistry are also discussed, and the geological occurrence of sulfide minerals is reviewed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Geology
Editors	David Alderton, Scott A. Elias
Publisher	Elsevier Masson s.r.l.
Pages	395-412
Number of pages	18
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780081029091
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.02903-1
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2020

Keywords

arsenopyrite
chalcopyrite
Galena
feochemistry
geothermometry
Mackinawite
mineralogy
ore deposits
pyrite
pyrrhotite
sphalerite
sulfides

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