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Joséite

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Joséite

Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Joséite

Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Joséite

Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Joséite

Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Joséite

Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Joséite

Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Joséite

Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Joséite

Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
Formula:
Bi4TeS2
System:
Trigonal
Colour:
Silver-white, tarnishing ...
Lustre:
Metallic
Hardness:
2
Name:
Named for the Type Locality, San José, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Originally reported from San José mine, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil.

Possibly just tellurium-rich Ikunolite (see P. Bayliss: Am. Mineral. 76 (1991), 257-265).

See also Joséite-A and Joséite-B (both questionable), and Joséite-C (published without approval).


Classification of Joséite

Strunz 8th ed.:
2/D.11-30

2 : Sulphides
D : Sulphides with metal: sulphur, selenium and tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver, Gold
11 : Tetradymite group, Ikunolite - Joseite-B series
Dana 7th ed.:
2.6.2.1
Dana 8th ed.:
2.6.2.1

2 : SULFIDES
6 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 4:3
Hey's CIM Ref.:
3.7.30

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
7 : Sulphides etc. of V, As, Sb and Bi

Physical Properties of Joséite

Lustre:
Metallic
Colour:
Silver-white, tarnishing to lead-grey
Streak:
Grey
Hardness (Mohs):
2
Hardness (Vickers):
VHN100=40 - 87
Hardness Data:
Measured
Tenacity:
Flexible
Cleavage:
Perfect
Perfect on {0001}! Flexible
Fracture:
Micaceous
Density:
8.1 - 8.4 g/cm3 (Measured)    

Optical Data of Joséite

Type:
Uniaxial
Type:
Anisotropic
Anisotropism:
Distinct
Reflectivity:
8-54%nmR=8-54%

Reflectance graph
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 8-54%.
Colour in reflected light:
White

Chemical Properties of Joséite

Formula:
Bi4TeS2
Elements listed in formula:
Bi, S, Te - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Joséite

Crystal System:
Trigonal
Class (H-M):
3m (3 2/m) - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Space Group:
R3m

Relationship of Joséite to other Species

Related Minerals - Strunz Grouping):
2/D.11-10IkunoliteBi4S3
2/D.11-20LaitakariteBi4Se3
2/D.11-35Joséite-BBi4Te2S
2/D.11-40PilseniteBi4Te3
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.7.1PatróniteVS4
3.7.2DuranusiteAs4S
3.7.3DimorphiteAs4S3
3.7.4RealgarAsS
3.7.5PararealgarAs4S4
3.7.6AlacrániteAs8S9
3.7.7UzoniteAs4S5
3.7.8OrpimentAs2S3
3.7.9Jeromite
3.7.10LaphamiteAs2Se3
3.7.11GetchelliteSbAsS3
3.7.12Wakabayashilite(As,Sb)6As4S14
3.7.13PääkköneniteSb2AsS2
3.7.14StibniteSb2S3
3.7.15MetastibniteSb2S3
3.7.16TellurantimonySb2Te3
3.7.17BismuthiniteBi2S3
3.7.18NevskiteBi(Se,S)
3.7.19GuanajuatiteBi2Se3
3.7.21IkunoliteBi4S3
3.7.22LaitakariteBi4Se3
3.7.23PoubaitePbBi2(Se,Te,S)4
3.7.24TellurobismuthiteBi2Te3
3.7.25SoučekiteCuPbBi(S,Se)3
3.7.26TsumoiteBiTe
3.7.27PilseniteBi4Te3
3.7.28HedleyiteBi7Te3
3.7.29TetradymiteBi2Te2S
3.7.31Joséite-BBi4Te2S
3.7.32IngoditeBi2TeS
3.7.33SulphotsumoiteBi3Te2S
3.7.34KawazuliteBi2Te2Se
3.7.36SkippeniteBi2Se2Te
3.7.37KochkaritePbBi4Te7
3.7.38RucklidgeitePbBi2Te4
3.7.39AleksitePbBi2Te2S2
3.7.40JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8S16
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):
2.6.2.2Joséite-BBi4Te2S

Other Names for Joséite

Synonyms:

Oruetite

Name in Other Languages:
Simplified Chinese:硫碲铋矿
Spanish:Joséita

Other Information

Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Joséite

Reference List:
Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 166-167.

American Mineralogist (1949): 34: 365-366.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1983): 112: 589-601.

P. Bayliss: Am. Mineral. 76 (1991), 257-265

Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., Wagner, T., Stanley, C. J. (2007): Minerals of the system Bi-Te-Se-S related to the tetradymite archetype: review of classification and compositional variation. Canadian Mineralogist 45, 665-708.

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    • Localities for Joséite

    This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    (TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Auckland Co.
        • Whipstick
    		Hooke, P. (1971). Report on Whipstick Molybdenum Mines, Far South Coast, N.S.W. for Planet Metals Limited; J. L. Willis and B. F. J. Stevens (1971) Uranium. Geologicial Survey of New South Wales The Mineral Industry of New South Wales No. 43
      • Gough Co.
    		Lawrence, L.J. & Markham, N.L. (1962) - A contribution to the study of the molybdenite pipes of Kingsgate, NSW, with special reference to ore mineralogy. - Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 203, 67-94.
    Clissold, M. E., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J. L. & Williams, P. A. (2008): Primary bismuth minerals from the Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Mineralogy 14, 19-25. ; Clissold, M. E. (2007) Aspects of the Supergene Geochemistry of Copper, Nickel and Bismuth. PhD Thesis University of Sydney, Australia 162pp.
    • Queensland
      • North Burnett Region
    		part of list University of Queensland
        • Degilbo
    		Qld Dept of Mines,- mines records ; Den, B. E. (1977) Lady Elliot Island Fraser Island. Field Conference Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Queensland Division
    • Tasmania
      • Kentish municipality
        • Moina - Middlesex District
    		Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
      • King Island municipality
        • King Island
          • Grassy
    		Burchard, U. (1977). Genesis of the King Island (Tasmania) scheelite mine. In Time-and Strata-Bound Ore Deposits (pp. 199-204). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
    • Western Australia
      • Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
        • Kalgoorlie-Boulder
    		Mueller, Andreas G.; Lawrance, Louisa M.; Muhling, Janet; Pooley, Gregory D. (2012): Mineralogy and PTX relationships of the Archean Hannan South Au-Cu (Co-Bi) deposit, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: thermodynamic constraints on the formation of a zoned intrusion-related skarn. Economic Geology 107, 1-24.
    Austria
     
    • Carinthia
      • Hohe Tauern
        • Goldberg group
          • Zirknitz
            • Große Zirknitz valley
    		Pichler, A. (2009): Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, 63. Sonderheft, 1-416
            • Kleine Zirknitz valley
              • Kluidscharte
    		Pichler (2009)
        • Hafner group
          • Pölla valley
            • Lanisch
              • Arsenic mine
    		Pichler, A. (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten. p.94
    Pichler, A. (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten. - Carinthia II, 63. Sh., 416 S., Klagenfurt
    PICHLER, A. (2009): Bergbau in Westkärnten. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der noch sichtbaren Merkmale der historischen Bergbaue in Westkärnten. p.88, 92-94
    G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995
    • Salzburg
      • Hohe Tauern
        • Hollersbach valley
          • Scharnbachgraben
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    Bolivia
     
    • La Paz Department
      • Larecaja Province
        • Sorata
    		[MinRec 32:474]
    • Potosí Department
      • Nor Chichas Province
        • Atocha-Quechisla District
          • Cerro Tazna
    		2cm crystals! Several analytical confirmations by Dr. Werner Paar; Excalibur Mineral Co....
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
      • Iron Quadrangle
        • Mariana (Marianna de Itacolumy)
          • Camargos district
    		Kenngoth 1853
    • Rio Grande do Norte
      • Borborema mineral province
        • Lajes
          • Bonfim farm
    		Neto, J.A.S., Legrand, J.M., Volfinger, M., Pascal, M.-L., and Sonnet, P. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 185-205.
    Bulgaria
     
    • Burgas Oblast (Bourgas Oblast)
      • Malko Târnovo Obshtina
        • Malko Târnovo ore field
    		Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
      • Kamloops Mining Division
        • Little Fort
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
      • Nelson Mining Division
        • Salmo
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
      • Omenica Mining Division
        • Smithers
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
      • Osoyoos Mining Division
        • Hedley
    		Dana's New Mineralogy; Fleischer M (1945) New mineral names, American Mineralogist 30, 644
    • Nova Scotia
      • Cape Breton Co.
        • Gabarus Bay
    		Dennis, Frank A. R., "Petrology and Mineraliation of the Deep Cove Pluton, Gabarus Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia", M.Sc. Thesis, Acadia University, September 1987.
    • Yukon
      • Dawson Mining District
        • McQuesten
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
      • Mayo Mining District
        • Mayo
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    China
     
    • Anhui Province
      • Tongling Prefecture
        • Shizishan ore field
    		Xiangping Gu, Watanabe, M., Hoshino, K., and Shibata, Y. (2001): Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 289–309; Jambor, J.L., Grew, E.S., and Roberts, A.C. (2002): American Mineralogist 87, 181-184
        • Tongguanshan ore field
    		Junwu Lu and Yuanfa Xia (2001): Geology and Prospecting 37(3), 29-31
    • Fujian Province
      • Ningde Prefecture
        • Fu'an Co.
    		http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM76/AM76_665.pdf
    • Heilongjiang Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
      • Shuangyashan Prefecture
        • Baoqing Co.
    		Zhixia Pei, Baolin He, Zhongliang Han, and Guiwu Ao (2004): Gold Geology 10(2), 28-32
    • Jiangxi Province
      • Ganzhou Prefecture
        • Anyuan Co.
    		Zailin Zeng, Yongzhong Zhang, Zhenghui Chen, Yuchuan Chen, Xiangpei Zhu, Qiquan Tong, Binghua Zheng, and You Zhao (2011): Mineral Deposits 30(5), 949-958
    • Qinghai Province
      • Haixi Autonomous Prefecture
        • Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.)
          • Qimantage Mts
    		Tong Pan and Fengyue Sun (2003): Geology and Prospecting 39(1), 18-22; Chunyan Dong, Xiaoguo Chi, Fengyue Sun, and Yuan Zhang (2005): Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources 1(1), 29-33
    • Sichuan Province
      • Ya'an Prefecture
        • Shimian Co.
    		Yuchuan Chen, Jianzhao Yin, Jianxiong Zhou, Jingwen Mao, Baichuan Yang, and Yaonan Luo (1994): Scientia Geologica Sinica 29(2), 165-167; Jingwen Mao, Yuchuan Chen, Yunfen Lei, Jianxiong Zhou, and Baichuan Yang (1995): Scientia Geologica Sinica 30(1), 47-52; Chunqi Wen, Zhimin Cao, Baohua Li, and Xiaojun Luo (2002): Journal of Chengdu University of Technology 29(5), 526-532; Caixia Feng, Jiajun Liu, and Shen Liu (2002): Mineral Deposits 21(suppl.), 812-815
    • Xinjiang Autonomous Region
      • Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)
        • Tacheng Prefecture (Tarbaghatay Prefecture)
          • Tuoli Co. (Toli Co.)
            • Baogutu
    		Fuquan Yang, Shenghao Yan, Guoren Liu, Gang Zhou, Zhixin Zhang, Feng Liu, Xinxia Geng, and Chunli Guo (2010): Mineral Deposits 29(6), 956-971
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Karlovy Vary Region
        • Aš (Asch)
    		Breiter K., Škoda R., Veselovský F.: Neobvyklý P-, Li- a Sn-bohatý pegmatit z Vernéřova u Aše, Česká republika. Bulletin Mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 2009, roč. 17, č. 1, s. 41-59.
      • Pardubice Region
        • Hlinsko
          • Svratouch
    		Malec, J., Veselovský, F., Šrein, V., Škoda, R. (2013): Zlato a Bi-minerály ve skarnech Českomoravské vrchoviny. – Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. geol., 98, 1, 23–31.
      • Plzeň Region
        • Nepomuk (Pomuk)
    		Litochleb, J.: Mineralogie zlatonosného zrudnění z dolu Jakub u Kasejovic (jz. Čechy). Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1998, roč. 6, s. 102-112.
      • South Bohemia Region
        • Strakonice
          • Bělčice
            • Újezdec
    		Litochleb J.: Zlatonosné žíly v Újezdci u Bělčic. Sborník Jihočeského muzea v Českých Budějovicích, Přírodní vědy, 1984, 24, 73-80.
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Olomouc Region
    		 Petr Paulis (2001): Die interessanten mineralogische Fundstellen in Mahren und Schlesien; Kuttna, Kutná Hora p69-73
      • South Moravia Region
        • Moravský Krumlov
    		Malec, J., Veselovský, F., Šrein, V., Škoda, R. (2013): Zlato a Bi-minerály ve skarnech Českomoravské vrchoviny. – Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. geol., 98, 1, 23–31.
    Egypt
     
    • Red Sea Governorate
      • Eastern Desert
        • Wadi Haimur
    		Helmy, H. M., Stumpfl, E. F., & Kamel, O. A. (1995). Platinum-group minerals from the metamorphosed Abu Swayel Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, 90(8), 2350-2360.
    Finland
     
    • Western and Inner Finland Region
      • Orivesi
    		Kinnunen, Aulis 2008. A paleoproterozoic high-sulfidation epithermal deposit at Orivesi, Southern Finland. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Series A. Scientiae Rerum Naturalium 507.
    Hungary
     
    • Pest Co.
      • Börzsöny Mts
    		Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985
    Iran
     
    • Lorestan Province
      • Ashour Abad
    		Nezafatis, N. (2006): Au-Sn-W-Cu Mineralization in the Astaneh-Sarband Area, West Central Iran. PhD thesis, University of Tübingen (Germany), 116 pp.
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Fukui Prefecture
          • Obama City
    		Mitsubishi Corporation mineral collection, Ikuno
      • Chugoku Region
        • Yamaguchi Prefecture
          • Mine City
    		Nagashima, M., Akasaka, M., & Morifuku, Y. (2016). Ore and Skarn Mineralogy of the Yamato Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, with Emphasis on Silver‐, Bismuth‐, Cobalt‐, and Tin‐bearing Sulfides. Resource Geology, 66(1), 37-54.
      • Kanto Region
        • Tochigi Prefecture
    		Shimizu et al (1999) Memoirs of Tochigi Prefectural Museum, 16, 89-101.
    • Kyushu Region
      • Kagoshima Prefecture
        • Osumi Peninsula
    		Am. Min. 75:434-435 (1990)
      • Nansei Archipelago
        • Kagoshima Prefecture
          • Yakushima-cho
            • Yakushima Island
    		XRD confirmation by Hori Mineralogy, Tokyo, and F. Keutsch, Harvard.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast')
      • Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai)
    		Baibatsha, A., Dyussembayeva, K., & Kassenova, A. (2015). Microparagenetic Associations of Gold in Ore-Forming Minerals from Deposits of Different Geological and Industrial Types of Kazakhstan. In Proceedings of the 11th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM) (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing.
    Spiridonov, E. M. (1982): Mineralogy of the Ichkeul'mes skarn copper deposit, central Kazakhstan. Novye Dannye o Mineralakh 30, 208-226.
    Morocco
     
    • High Atlas Mtn
      • Tichka massif
    		Y. Moëlo : "Compte-rendu de la réunion "Systématique des Minéraux" du 23 novembre 1989", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral. , France.
    Norway
     
    • Nordland
      • Ballangen
    		Karup-Møller, S. (1973): A giessenite-cosalite-galena-bearing mineral suite from the Bjørkåsen sulphide deposit at Ofoten in Northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53: 41-64; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 34
    Pakistan
     
    • Balochistan (Baluchistan)
      • Chagai District
    		AKHTER, Q. J., XUE, C., GHAFAR, A. and XIANG, K. (2014), The Saindak Porphyry Cu (-Ag) Deposits in Chagai, Western Pakistan: Alteration, Mineralization Characteristics and Genesis. Acta Geologica Sinica, 88: 593–594
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
      • Kaczawskie Mts
        • Radzimowice
          • Stara Góra
            • Stara Góra deposit
    		1. R. Siuda, 2001 : New sulphate minerals from the Stara Góra oxidised zone, Radzimowice, Kaczawskie Mts., Mineralogical Society of Poland, Special Papers, vol 18, 186-188
      • Rudawy Janowickie Mts
        • Czarnów
          • Rędziny
    		Domańska, J.: Rędziny. Otoczak, nr. 29, p. 38-52.
    Portugal
     
    • Bragança District
      • Macedo de Cavaleiros
        • Murçós
    		Antunes, I.M.H.R., Gomes, M.E.P., Neiva, A.M.R., and Teixeira, R.J.S. (2010): Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2010.
    Romania
     
    • Harghita Co.
      • Ditrău (Ditró)
    		Szakáll, S. & Kristály, F., Eds. (2010): Mineralogy of Székelyland, Eastern Transylvania, Romania. Csík County Nature and Conservation Society, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania, 321 pp.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e)
        • Irkutskaya Oblast'
          • Bodaibo
            • Lena Gold District
              • Kropotkinsky ore cluster
    		http://www.igem.ru/igem/chem/pt/sukhloge.htm
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Kavalerovo Mining District
    		[MinRec 32:8]
    Simanenko, L.F. (2006): Geology of Ore Deposits 48(4), 290-303
    Gvozdev, V.I., Dobroshevsky, K.N., Vakh, A.S. et al. (2016): Malinovka deposit—A new type of gold mineralization in Primorye, Russia: Geology, mineralogy, and genesis. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 10, 34-49.
        • Vostok
    		Gvozdev, V. I., & Tsepin, A. I. (2005). Bismuth Mineralization in the Ores of the Vostok-2 Deposit (Primor'e Region, Russia). Geology of Ore Deposits, 47(2), 132-145.
      • Sakhalinskaya Oblast'
        • Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands)
          • Kunashir Island
    		Econ Geol (1997) 92:468-484
    • Northern Caucasus Region
      • Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
        • Baksan valley
          • Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit
    Parada, S. G., & Stolyarov, V. V. (2012, August). Relation of gold mineralization on the northern flank of the Tyrnyauz deposit to intrusive complexes, Kabardino-Balkar Republic. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 445, No. 2, pp. 939-942). MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
    • Western-Siberian Region
      • Altaiskii Krai
        • Rudnyi Altai
    		Eremin, N. I.; Okrugin, V. M.; Pozdnyakova, N. V.; Sergeeva, N. E. (1973): Mineralogy of the Strezhanskoe chalcopyrite-complex ore deposit at the Rudnii Altai. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 4: Geologiya, 28, 58-75 (in Russian).
    Slovakia
     
    • Banská Bystrica Region
      • Brezno Co.
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
      • Revúca Co.
        • Chyžné
    		Bálintová T., Ozdín D.,2006:Sulphosalts from Chyžné-Herichová in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia). Acta Miner.-Petrograph.,Abstract Series 5, Szeged, p.8
    • Košice Region
      • Michalovce Co.
    		Bacsó,Z.,Ďuďa,R.,1988: Metalogenéza a rudné formácie rudného poľa Remetské Hámre. Min.Slovaca,Bratislava, 3, 193-220p
      • Rožňava Co.
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
    South Africa
     
    • North West Province
      • Bojanala Platinum District
        • Western Bushveld Complex
          • Rustenburg (Rustenburg District)
    		S.M.C. Verryn et al (1991) Gold and associated ore minerals of the Waaikraal deposit, northwest of Brits, Bushveld Complex, Eur. J. Mineral, 3, pp. 451-466.
    South Korea
     
    • Gyeongsangbuk-do (Kyongsang-bukto; Gyeongsangbugdo)
      • Youngdong
    		Econ Geol 92 (1997) 92:60-80
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Huelva
        • Alosno
          • Tharsis
            • Tharsis Mines
    		Tornos, F., González Clavijo, E., and Spiro, B. (1998): Mineralium Deposita 33, 150-169.
      • Málaga
        • Estepona
    		Romero Silva,JC; Martos J; Navarro Garcia,JM (2012). La Mina Conchita de Estepona (Malaga). un raro yacimiento de metales complejos en Sierra Bermeja. Edita Anuario de Estudios sobre Ronda y la Serrania Takurunna nº2; año 2012 pag.9.
        • Mijas
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Sweden
     
    • Dalarna
      • Falun
        • Svärdsjö
          • Svartvik Mines
    		No reference listed
    • Småland
      • Vetlanda
        • Alseda
    		No reference listed
    • Värmland
      • Filipstad
        • Persberg district
    		No reference listed
    • Västerbotten
      • Skellefteå
        • Boliden
          • Skellefteå Mine
    		Wagner, T., & Jonsson, E. (2001). Mineralogy of sulfosalt-rich vein-type ores, Boliden massive sulfide deposit, Skellefte district, northern Sweden. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39(3), 855-872.
    • Västergötland
      • Vänersborg
        • Väne Ryr
    		No reference listed
    Switzerland
     
    • Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)
      • Bregaglia Valley (Bergell)
        • Albigna Valley
    		Schweizer Strahler, Vol. 9 Nr. 11 Aug. 1993
    UK
     
    • England
      • Cornwall
        • Mount's Bay District
          • Paul
    		Goley, P. and Williams R. (1995) Cornish Mineral Reference Manual. Endsleigh Publications
      • Cumbria
        • Caldbeck Fells
          • Carrock Fell
    		BMS Database; Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., Wagner, T., & Stanley, C. J. (2007). Minerals of the system Bi–Te–Se–S related to the tetradymite archetype: review of classification and compositional variation. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45(4), 665-708.
        • Coniston District
    		BMS Database
    USA
     
    • Alaska
      • Juneau Borough
        • Juneau District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    • Idaho
      • Custer Co.
    		Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    • Nevada
      • Lander Co.
        • Battle Mountain District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • Washington
      • Okanogan Co.
        • Myer Creek District
          • Buckhorn Mountain
            • Southwest Zone and Gold Bowl (Crown Jewel) Zone
    		http://www.pnwfm.org/newsletters/PNWFM_newsletter_0409.pdf
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Tashkent Viloyati (Toshkent)
      • Angren Region
        • Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range
    		Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 101-112.; Plotinskaya, O. Y., Kovalenker, V. A., Seltmann, R., & Stanley, C. J. (2006). Te and Se mineralogy of the high-sulfidation Kochbulak and Kairagach epithermal gold telluride deposits (Kurama Ridge, Middle Tien Shan, Uzbekistan). Mineralogy and Petrology, 87(3-4), 187-207.
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