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SULFIDE BODY [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
CONT

Pyrite may be converted to pyrrhotite by reaction with ferrous silicate minerals or by the degassing of sulphur from the sulphide body during metamorphism.

Key term(s)
  • sulfide body

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Pendant le métamorphisme, la pyrite peut être convertie en pyrrhotites par réaction avec les silicates ferreux ou par le dégazage du soufre présent dans l'amas sulfuré.

Spanish

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