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SULFIDE-MATRIX BRECCIA [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nickel and Cobalt Mining
CONT

... all subtypes of nickel sulphide ores usually consist mainly of the simple sulphide assemblage pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite, either as massive sulphides, sulphide-matrix breccias, or disseminations of sulphides. Nickel-copper sulphide ores of any of the subtypes that have undergone tectonic remobilization have been converted to similar-appearing sulphide-matrix breccias.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de cobalt et de nickel
CONT

[...] les minerais de tous les sous-types de gîtes de sulfures de nickel, qu'ils se présentent sous la forme de sulfures massifs, de brèches à matrice sulfurée ou de sulfures disséminés, se composent principalement de la simple association pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite. Les minerais de sulfures de nickel-cuivre de tous les sous-types de gîtes qui ont fait l'objet d'une remobilisation tectonique ont été convertis en brèches à matrice sulfurée d'apparence semblable.

Spanish

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