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AURIFEROUS PYRITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Iron sulfide in the form of pyrite, containing gold, probably in solid solution.

CONT

Wolfram occurs in the Victorian deep leads, and in the Irish auriferous pyrites veins ...

OBS

pyrite: term often used in the plural (pyrites).

Key term(s)
  • auriferous pyrites

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
CONT

Essai de valorisation de la pyrite aurifère du gisement de Hanes - Région de Zlatna (Roumanie).

Spanish

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