| Mondillo, Nicola, Wilkinson, Jamie J., Boni, Maria, Weiss, Dominik J., Mathur, Ryan (2018) A global assessment of Zn isotope fractionation in secondary Zn minerals from sulfide and non-sulfide ore deposits and model for fractionation control. Chemical Geology, 500. 182-193 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | mineral separates IP (willemite - Zn2SiO4, smithsonite - ZnCO3, hemimorphite - Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2Ā·H2O,...Al)4O10(OH)2Ā·4H2O) collected from several Zn deposits in Ireland, Belgium, Poland, Namibia, Peru, Yemen and Zambia...preferentially incorporates heavy Zn isotopes. Smithsonite, instead, preferentially incorporates light Zn...MANUSCRIPT 3.19ā° at 22 Ā°C, respectively), whereas smithsonite and sphalerite have the lowest Ī²-factors (ln...+1.38, āhydr-sph (ā°) = IP +0.80), whereas smithsonite would be isotopically lighter (at 22 Ā°C āsm-sph | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | resins (MarĆ©chal and AlbarĆØde, 2002) and between smithsonite and aqueous solutions (MarĆ©chal and Sheppard...Geologic Setting of Study Area The Midlands basin of Ireland represents one of the most extensively Zn-Pb mineralized...on Earth. It is host to the Navan, Lisheen, and Galmoy ore deposits and numerous prospects that formed...exposures; (4) minor orebodies from Lisheen and Galmoy sampled from drill core; and (5) subeconomic mineralized...map of Ireland showing sample localities. Modified after CSA Ltd. and Geological Survey of Ireland, 1994 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ācalaminesā, comprise mainly Zn carbonates (mostly smithsonite and hydrozincite), Zn silicates (hemimorphite...pollution. In September 2003, the Skorpion nonsulfide Zn mine in southern Namibia started its production with...isotope mineralāwater fractionation equations for smithsonite, cerussite and phosgenite. Their new oxygen isotope...the nonsulfide ZnāPb ores at Silvermines and Galmoy, Ireland, is presented by Balassone et al. The authors...composition and morphological characteristics of smithsonite within the paragenetic sequence of the immature | | | Book | region, Co. Clare, Ireland The Geology of the Burren region, Co. Clare, Ireland ĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀĀ by...The Burren Connect Project, Clare County Council, Ennistymon, County Clare. This publication was compiled...Hennessy Sources of Map Data: Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi License number 2010/zised...Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. Ā© Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2010 The Geology...Geology of the Burren region, Ireland This book was compiled as part of the NEED (Northern Environmental | | | Journal (issue) | MICROMINERALS from IRELAND part III GRyback ā¢ S ŠŠ¾reŠ½Š¾Šæ 4 2 GOLD RUSHES of IRELAND S ŠoretoŠæ 45 RO...Treolar and the High Raise vein, in the Nentsberry mine at Alston, Cumbria in January 1931, will depend...Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain and Ireland John van Voorst, London. (Facsimile reprint, w...Italy; the mottled green marble of Connemara, Ireland; and the pinkish, green-spotted marble from Tiree...well have been in the lower levels of some lead mine, now abandoned. Further information was obviously | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | The mineralogy (Table 1) consists mostly of smithsonite, hydrozincite, and hemimorphite; some exotic...Mineral Composition (approximate) Comments Smithsonite Hydrozincite Franklinite Gahnite Hemimorphite...fraipontite, other Zn clays, and hydrozincite) and smithsonite (Table 1). Examples of European Nonsulfide Zinc...Furthermore, there are additional nongeologic resources in mine dumps, flotation tailings, and smelter residues...nonsulfide Zn open-pit mine of Boleslaw, Poland. c. āCalaminaā sample from the old Czerna mine, Poland. The sample | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and vanadocrete (vanadate). Panczner 1987 Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Panczner...malachite azurite malachite cerussite aurichalcite smithsonite azurite malachite azurite malachite malachite...(Pb-bearing) malachite smithsonite cerussite malachite azurite malachite azurite smithsonite cerussite curpite...sandstonehosted malachite aurichalcite rosasite cerussite smithsonite malachite chrysocolla cerite malachite bismutite... silicate Silicacretes chrysocolla smithsonite smithsonite Fe-bearing (monheimite) hydrozincite cerussite | | Coppola, Vito, Boni, Maria, Gilg, H. Albert, Balassone, Giuseppina, Dejonghe, LĆ©on (2008) The ācalamineā nonsulfide ZnāPb deposits of Belgium: Petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical characterization. Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (2) 187-210 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.03.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ācalaminesā and consist of a mixture of Zn carbonates (smithsonite, hydrozincite) and Zn silicates (hemimorphite...inclusions in willemite (80%) and all inclusions in smithsonite are monophase (aqueous). Ice melting temperatures...temperatures of smithsonite crystallization. Carbon isotope values, even from the same mine, show a considerable...caused by deeply reaching oxidizing fluids. Smithsonite and hemimorphite, often developed at the expenses...lack of production statistics before 1825. When the mine was still in operation, the concentrates were essentially | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | involves veining and hydrofracturing. At Rogerley Mine, centimetric Simplified geological map of the Alston...showing localities studied: 1. Tynebottom Mine; 2. Smallcleugh Mine; 3. Wellheads Hush; 4. West Rigg open-cut;...open-cut; 5. Eastgate Cement Works quarry; 6. Rogerley Mine; 7. Scordale (Hilton and Merton Mines) B130 Applied...limestone. Brecciation is also seen at Tynebottom Mine. Here, angular, dark, fine-grained, silicified limestone...major factor, (e.g. the Fe deposits and Smallcleugh Mine); those where both metasomatism and open-space-filling | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | LCT pegmatites and associated rocks in Southeast Ireland Renata Barros*1, Julian Menuge1, Alessandra Costanzo2...University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (renata.barros@ucdconnect.ie) 2 Earth and Ocean...Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland A lithium-rare metal (LCT, lithiumācaesiumātantalum)...pluton, part of the Caledonian Leinster Granite, in southeast Ireland. Despite the indistinguishable...(OāConnor, Gallagher and Kennan 1991) and the Leinster Granite (OāConnor et al. 1989), and their similar | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | simulation on mixing thermodynamics of calcite-smithsonite solid solutions Xin Liu1, Xiancai Lu1,*, Xiandong...techniques, the thermodynamics of mixing for calcite-smithsonite solid solutions have been investigated. By employing...processes, and vice versa. Keywords: Calcite-smithsonite, solid solution, mixing thermodynamics, atomistic...Balassone et al. 2008; Mondillo et al. 2011). Smithsonite is the end-member of fully Zn-substituted calcite...of Zn with calcium carbonate and found that smithsonite is less soluble than calcite or aragonite, and | | Li, Hao, Xu, Xing-Wang, Borg, Gregor, Albert Gilg, H., Dong, Lian-Hui, Fan, Ting-Bin, Zhou, Gang, Liu, Rui-Lin, Hong, Tao, Ke, Qiang, Wu, Chu, Zhang, Guoliang, Li, Hang (2019) Geology and Geochemistry of the giant Huoshaoyun zinc-lead deposit, Karakorum Range, northwestern Tibet. Ore Geology Reviews, 106. 251-272 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.02.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | zinc-lead carbonate mineralization is composed of smithsonite and cerussite, with laminated, massive, veined...euhedral smithsonite; (2) yellowish to reddish, fine- to coarse- and subhedral to euhedral smithsonite; (3)...(3) light-colored veined smithsonite; (4) white coarse-grained, xenomorphic cerussite; (5) colorless euhedral...hydrothermal sedimentary smithsonite mineralization; (2) hydrothermal replacive smithsonite mineralization; (3)...(3) vein-type smithsonite mineralization; (4) open space filling and replacive cerussite mineralization; | | | Journal (issue) | NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe YEARS 1N MINERALS: IRELAND David Greenā¢ Stephen Moreton 37 PYRITE FROM...societies, and topographic mineralogy in Britain and Ireland. We describe and illu trate (in four separate articles)...first two articles, "' hich describe Scotland and Ireland, appear here in issue 21, while the remainder will...aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...many exciting new discoveries, particularly in Ireland and Scotland, where even now large tracts of land | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Zn-oxidized minerals, mainly represented by smithsonite, hydrozincite, hemimorphite, sauconite, and willemite...Drillhole Sample depth from the Sample Hemimorphite Smithsonite Zn-smectite (Y)a (X)a elevation (m.s.l.) top...was recognized for the first time in the Uberroth Mine, near Friendensville, in the Saucon Valley of Pennsylvania...these deposits, sauconite is associated with smithsonite and hemimorphite, and is considered a product...zinc et dāaluminum hydrateā in the Vieille-Montagne Mine (Belgium). The mineral was definitely validated | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | hydrozincite, zincite) but zinc carbonate (smithsonite) are isotopically heavier than zinc sulfide minerals...observed minerals include zinc carbonate minerals (smithsonite ZnCO3 and hydrozincite Zn5 (CO3 )2 (OH)6 ) and...al., 2008; Jacquat et al., 2008, 2009). In acid mine drainage systems and smelter-impacted soils, zinc-iron...Gahnite Gunningite Hemimorphite Hydrozincite Smithsonite Sphalerite Wurtzite 2H Zincite 600 400 200 ...adamite, gahnite, gunningite, hydrozincite, smithsonite and zincite have been measured by Hill (1976) | | Kyle, J. Richard, Ahn, Hyein, Gilg, H. Albert (2018) Nature and origin of the nonsulfide zinc deposits in the Sierra Mojada District, Coahuila, Mexico: constraints from regional geology, petrography, and isotope analyses. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (8) 1095-1116 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0797-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | fluids. The NSZ deposits dominantly consist of smithsonite and hemimorphite associated with local Mn-Fe...with and cemented by smithsonite. Similar Pb isotopic compositions of smithsonite, hemimorphite, and cerussite...terrane. Oxygen isotope values for Sierra Mojada smithsonite are relatively constant (Ī“18OVSMOW = 20.9 to...modern groundwater at nearby CuatrociĆ©negas, smithsonite formational temperatures are calculated to have...have been between 26 to 35 Ā°C. Smithsonite precipitation was favored by near-neutral conditions typical | | | Journal (issue) | MINES Stephen Moreton ā¢ David Green 34 ABBEYTOWN MINE AND QUARRY Stephen Moreton ā¢ John Lawson ā¢ Robert...Fieldwork was unable to provide corroboration as the mine levels are now inaccessible and little of note remains...WIRTH, M. M. (1989) Native silver from Red Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria.Jouma/ of the RussellSociety...JBF Minerals stand.PhotoRoyStarkey. UK Journal of Mine, & Minerals No. 30 - If)- Moving on to other dealers...from a limestone quarry near Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio. There was an Aladdin's Cave of pyromorphite | | Navarro-Ciurana, DĆdac, Campos-Quispe, Luis Alberto, Cardellach, Esteve, Vindel, Elena, GĆ³mez-Gras, David, Griera, Albert, Corbella, MercĆØ (2016) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the RiĆ³par non-sulfide Zn-(Fe-Pb) deposits (Prebetic Zone, SE Spain) Ore Geology Reviews, 79. 515-532 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.05.023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | galena. Calamine ores consist of Zn-carbonates (smithsonite and scarce hydrozincite), associated with abundant...hematite) and minor Pb-carbonates (cerussite). Three smithsonite types have been recognized: i) Sm-I consists...replace extensively sphalerite; and iii) Sm-III smithsonite appears as coarse grayish botryoidal aggregates...botryoidal encrustations in cavities replacing smithsonite. Also, two types of cerussite have been identiļ¬ed:...porosity. The stable isotope variation of RiĆ³par smithsonite is very similar to those obtained in other calamine-ore | | | Book | Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris Stillman & George SeYastopulo...& Jean-Claude Tanguy Minerals of Britain and Ireland A. G. Tindle The Open University T: 'XI 'Jo ~6...stage of MB! that focusing only on Britain and Ireland might be too restrictive, and that what was really...personally discovered new species to Britain and Ireland, and colleagues permitted me to record their unpublished...producers of b th tin and copp Ā·r. and. more recently. Ireland became a major player in world zinc produ.:tion | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | wallrock reactions led to the precipitation of smithsonite and other zinc- and lead-bearing secondary minerals...of the flat-topped hills in the vicinity of the mine are believed to be remnants of sheets of travertine...sufficiently frequent that efforts were made to mine them in their own right. (Remember that much of...University of Edinburgh, Scotland A detailed analysis of mine plans and grade data, building on previous work...metal distribution patterns of the Navan orebody, Ireland. Trans. Instn Min. Metall. (Sect. B: Appl. earth | | FĆ¼ger, A., MĆ©heut, M., Mavromatis, V., Leis, A., Dietzel, M. (2018) Oxygen isotope fractionation during smithsonite formation from aqueous solutions. Chemical Geology, 495. 76-89 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.08.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Manuscript Oxygen isotope fractionation during smithsonite formation from aqueous solutions A. FĆ¼ger, M...Dietzel , Oxygen isotope fractionation during smithsonite formation from aqueous solutions. Chemge (2018)...MANUSCRIPT Oxygen Isotope Fractionation During Smithsonite Formation From Aqueous Solutions A. FĆ¼ger1,2*...between smithsonite (ZnCO3) and water, Ī±(18O)smithsonite-water = (18O/16O)smithsonite/(18O/16O)water...the present study experimental work on PT smithsonite synthesis in the temperature range between 25 | | | | with minor hemimorphite (Zn hydrosilicate) and smithsonite (Zn carbonate) predominate. Sauconite formed...as cement in the host rock. Hemimorphite and smithsonite mainly crystallized in late-forming veins. Unlike...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...ore minerals. Ore mineralogy can be simple (smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite), as in the oxidation...remnants of galena and barite (Fig. 1). At the Yanque mine, the rock types of the lower part of the Mara Formation | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | with minor hemimorphite (Zn hydrosilicate) and smithsonite (Zn carbonate) predominate. Sauconite formed...as cement in the host rock. Hemimorphite and smithsonite mainly crystallized in late-forming veins. Unlike...hosted in the now-eroded rocks above the Yanque mine site. Zinc-rich solution migrated through the sedimentary...ore minerals. Ore mineralogy can be simple (smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite), as in the oxidation...remnants of galena and barite (Fig. 1). At the Yanque mine, the rock types of the lower part of the Mara Formation | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | natural sink for arsenic in zinc deposits and related mine tailings: Evidence from single-crystal EPR spectroscopy...commonly in supergene non-sulļ¬de Zn deposits and Zn mine tailings. Single-crystal electron paramagnetic resonance...attenuating As in supergene non-sulļ¬de Zn deposits and Zn mine tailings. Moreover, results from hemimorphite potentially...al., 2008) and has been reported to occur in Zn mine tailings as well (Walder and Chavez, 1995; Day and...a natural sink for As in Zn deposits and related mine tailings, and potentially have far-reaching implications | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | economic importance in supergene deposits are smithsonite, hydrozincite, hemimorphite, MA sauconite (Zn-smectite)...stable isotope analyses of their carbonates (smithsonite-cerussite-calcite). The oxygen isotope variation...dolomite (the āCalamineā) tend to be dominated by smithsonite and hydrozincite, whereas the ores hosted in...substantially: it can be relatively simple (smithsonite, hemimorphite, hydrozincite), as in the oxidation...deposits, also known as āwhite oresā, consist of smithsonite, hydrozincite and minor Fe-(hydr)oxides. They |
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