Galvanic interactions between galena–sphalerite and their reactivity

The galvanic effect between the main associated mineralogical phases in a mineral sphalerite concentrate was evaluated using an alternative methodology. Comparative voltammetric studies were performed between high purity galena mineral (94.65%) and sphalerite concentrate (content of 78.11% sphalerite, ZnS; 13.64% galena, PbS; 0.57% chalcopyrite, CuFeS₂; 0.41% cadmium sulfide, CdS; and 0.11% arsenopyrite, FeAsS) using carbon paste electrodes (CPE) in order to identify galvanic interactions that affect their reactivity. The electrolyte was an aqueous solution of 0.1 M NaNO₃ (pH 6.5). The results showed that, in sphalerite concentrate, the electrochemical reactivity of the galena was diminished and displaced to more positive potentials with respect to the high purity galena mineral response. This behavior can be attributed to the galvanic protection offered by the sphalerite on the galena, thereby avoiding its free oxidation. On the other hand, sphalerite oxidation was diminished by the formation of a passive products film that is dissolved to more positive potentials which provokes oxidation of other minerals like CuFeS₂, (Zn,Cd)S and FeAsS present in a minor proportion in the sphalerite concentrate.     

Syngenetic gold in western Victoria: occurrence,age and dimensions

In western Victoria, a widespread stratiform style of gold enrichment in Palaeozoic black mudstone and chert—clearly different from the classic mesothermal quartz vein deposits of the Victorian goldfields—has been confirmed by whole-rock geochemistry and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICPMS). This enrichment pre-dates compaction, deformation and low-grade metamorphism of the sedimentary host-rocks, and therefore possibly developed diagenetically during slow deposition of the thin carbonaceous black mudstone beds and the thinner layers of chert. These paired strata have been documented at many locations in three regional outcrop areas of chevron-folded Cambrian and Lower Ordovician metasediments in the Stawell and Bendigo Zones, where they are interbedded with quartz-rich turbidites. The layers were named ‘indicators’ by the early miners, who found locally rich nuggety gold deposits at intersections between these layers and mesothermal quartz veins. Gold is present in euhedral pyrite crystals in both black shale and chert. LA-ICPMS analysis of individual pyrite crystals in the indicator beds shows that pyrite is enriched in Au, As, Sb, Se, Te and Bi. The Au content of pyrite varies from 0.03 to 2.69 ppm with a mean of 0.58 ppm and shows a positive correlation with As, which varies from 1000 to 6000 ppm. Many pyrite crystals show enrichment of gold in their cores and depletion in their rims, confirming the likely syngenetic or syndiagenetic accumulation of gold during pyrite formation in the sediments. Prior to regional metamorphism, folding and faulting, the many indicator strata in the outcrop areas were parts of an extensive marine sequence of Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician age. The former primary source of this mineralisation is considered to have been one or more contemporaneously exhalative submarine hydrothermal systems. Thus, the older Palaeozoic sediments of the western Lachlan Fold Belt were significantly enriched in syngenetic gold in the Early Palaeozoic, at least 40 million years before emplacement of the quartz – gold vein deposits of the goldfields.     

Atomistic calculations of structural and elastic properties of serpentine minerals: the case of lizardite

The physical properties of the hydrous phyllosilicate lizardite have been investigated by atomistic simulation using the GULP code based on transferable semi-empirical interatomic potentials. Lizardite behavior was first investigated during structure relaxation at room temperature. The Helmholtz free energy is minimum for an equilibrium structure that is in agreement with experiment. The bulk, shear, and Young modulii for lizardite were calculated along with the Poisson ratio. From the shear and bulk modulii, we also calculated translational and longitudinal acoustic wave velocities that are important quantities for tectonophysics models. As expected, lizardite is stiffer in the a direction parallel to the layers than in the c perpendicular direction; the variation of the unit cell parameters with pressure is in good agreement with experiment. The cohesive energy between two successive layers along c direction was calculated at 0.33 eV (i.e., 0.11 eV per OH bond) in good agreement with recent ab initio calculations. Upon pressure and temperature variations, we evidenced that structural changes are mainly pressure induced; pressure being accommodated by a decrease of the c parameter up to 10 GPa. We also found that the change of slope in the derivative of the c cell parameter with respect to pressure occurring around 2 GPa originates from the bending of the interlayer hydroxyl groups with respect to the layer normal direction.     

矿物热释氡找矿在某地含铀砂岩中的试验研究

该文探讨了矿物热释氡的氡来源较多的原因是每(μm)~3次生含铀矿物或眇岩中有数量巨大的——m×10~n(n>4,m、n为自然数)个的铀离子或晶胞。本文并介绍了取自4210砂岩铀矿床的坑道、钻孔及其矿区内的河流、陡壁的271个样品矿物热释氡的特征:热释氡晕范围较矿体宽约几十米,在平面、剖面上都有热释氡晕存在,产状与矿体一致,与地层和冲刷面有一定交角。表明热释氧晕受层位、岩相、构造等多种因素控制。这些特点,对指导技矿和分析矿床成因,无疑是有意义的。     

发现天然产高压相矿物的微矿物学途径

迄今人们已经在陨石中发现了11种高压相矿物,它们是地幔过渡带和下地幔的主要矿物相,其中有8种是最近5年来随着研究工作的深入和微矿物学 技术的不断发展而连续发现的。1995年在寺巷口陨石中发现了属于地幔过渡带的林伍德石、 瓦茨利石、镁铁榴石、镁方铁矿和磷酸盐A相,随后又参与了陨石中其它新高压同质多像矿 物的发现和研究。在工作中使用了多种近代微矿物学技术,特别是激光拉曼探针和原位X射线显微分析技术在鉴定中起了关键作用。     

矿物表面基团与表面作用

矿物的表面或界面过程存在于一切地质过程中,并在材料和环境科学领域得到广泛应用。矿物的表面结构、表面基团与表面作用之间存在着一定的内在联系,矿物结构的多样性决定了表面基团类型的多种性和表面作用的多样性。本文较系统地介绍了矿物表面功能基、表面配位反应、表面配合反应、表面氧化还原反应、表面异位催化反应和表面离子交换反应的类型及作用机制。     

滇西北中甸地区的铜金找矿远景

滇西北中甸地区的铜,金矿产,分别以印支期和喜马拉雅期作为主要成矿期。铜矿分西矿带和东矿带。西矿带重点应加强欧赛拉－阿热－带的铜（多金属）矿勘查;东矿带的独哥－地苏嘎－欠虽一带是寻找斑岩型铜多金属矿最有远景的地区。寻找喜马拉雅期金矿床,重点应放在甭哥以东的富碱斑岩出露区。     

EXTRACTION OF THE STANDARD ENTHALPY OF FORMATION OF MINERALS FROM REVERSED EXPERIMENTAL DATA WITH INS

An improvement on the new method of Intervalhalving-Scanning (INS) proposed by the senior author for derivation of thermodynamic properties of minerals from reversed experiment (REP) data has been made in the present work. The treatment of the REP data of 6 reactions in the system MgO-SiO_2-H_2O and the derivation of △_(?)H(?) (298. 15K) for minerals Talc,Forsterite and Anthophyllite are chosen as an example for demonstration of the application of the method.INS is quite different from all the methods for the derivation in the literature and throughout based on thermodynamic principles and equations so that its thermodynamical validity is thoroughgoing.     

The composition and age of the Argillite Sequence (sedimentary cover of the continental slope, Sea of Japan)

The Argillite Sequence located at the base of the sedimentary cover on the continental slope of the Sea of Japan was studied by petrographic, palynological, and X-ray diffraction methods. Two spores-pollen complexes were distinguished in it: the Late Oligocene reflecting cooling and the Early Miocene corresponding to initiated warming. The data obtained indicate that the sequence is composed of terrigenous silty-clayey sediments that accumulated in shallow coastal-marine settings. The global sea-level rise at the Early-Middle Miocene transition, combined with the regional tectonic processes, determined the basin deepening, owing to which the argillite sequence was overlain by thick Middle Miocene diatomaceous-clayey sediments. Due to tectonic movement along existing faults in the terminal Late Miocene, the argillite sequence occurring initially at depths of at least 400–500 m was locally exhumed to the basin bottom.     

皖南南陵地区砷菱铅矾的发现及初步研究

皖南南陵地区首次发现砷菱铅矾, 砷菱铅矾主要产于交代石英岩的含金氧化带中, 多与石英连生。主要伴生矿物是自然金、辰砂。Ｘ 射线粉晶衍射、化学分析和光学测定手段对该矿物进行了初步的矿物学研究。