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Tungstenite from
Brejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Tungstenite
Formula:WS2
Comments:Occurs as tabular crystals with pyrite and diopside in calcite-filled vugs.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Raman Spectroscopy
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tungstenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:716439
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716439:2
GUID (UUID V4):8d4c5a30-a977-40c4-92bf-0b6f246448a2
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the 120 ROCKS & MINERALS Wendy pit at the Tambo mine is associated with hydrothermal breccias that have...and anthraxolite are common in pockets but usually do not form well-crystallized specimens of interest...MINERALS FROM THE SKARN OF MINA BREJUI, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRAZIL. A. U. Fedster’, L. B. dn Silvn Neil2...Pernambuco, Brazil. Unusual small pyrite crystals occur in the skarn of Mina Brejui near Currais Novos in the...the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The skarn body is presently being mined for tungsten. Among
Journal (issue)
page 2 Tungstenite and Associated Minerals from the Skarn of Mina Brejui, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil...Boa Viagem, 51021-310 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil • Tungstenite is a relatively rare mineral and occurs...the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite occurs only...Crevola d'Ossola is a notable exception, as here tungstenite occurs as lamellar crystals up to 2 mm in diameter...New Orleans, organized a three week fieldtrip to Brazil. The major goal was to study granitic pegmatites
Report (volume)
based on considerations that extend far beyond the mine itself, in some instances relating to the overall...another. This goal is difficult to attain, because we do not always know which features are site specific...subject, as in a scale model of the workings of a mine, to a unifying concept that explains or describes...Valley type is the presence of secondary dolomite. But do we know that this is essential? Suppose a deposit...figures; nevertheless, the grade-tonnage figures given do represent material that the company or the government
 
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