| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Hessite |
| Formula: | Ag2Te |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hessite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gabbro Akarem Cu-Ni deposit, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 630777 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:630777:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 62e6009f-5095-4bdd-9523-d8d9b0469c15 |
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| 73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘUm Samiuki, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| 73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘWestern Mine, Um Samiuki, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | M. Helmy á Aberra Mogessie Gabbro Akarem, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Cu±Ni±PGE mineralization in a concentrically...1999 / Accepted: 29 July 2000 Abstract The Gabbro Akarem (Late Precambrian) intrusion is concentrically...olivine±plagioclase hornblendite and plagioclase hornblendite. Cu±Ni±PGE mineralization is closely associated with peridotite...Platinum-group minerals (PGM) documented from the deposit are: merenskyite (PdTe2) and michenerite (PdTeBi)...bismuthian melonite (Ni,Pd) (Te,Bi)2. These minerals occur in intimate association with hessite (Ag2Te) and electrum |
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