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Petzite from
Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania


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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite, etc.

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite, etc.

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite, etc.

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Petzite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Petzite
Formula:Ag3AuTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sylvanite9
Quartz8
Native Gold5
Krennerite2
Tellurantimony1
Chalcopyrite1
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Petzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:64042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:64042:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Petzite
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCoranda quarry (Coranda open pit; Certej project; Coranda-Hondol ore deposit; Hondol pit), Bocşa Mare, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘMăgura veins, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘLarga, Stănija, Buceș, Hunedoara County, Romania
27.0km (16.7 miles) ⓘMusariu Cu-Au deposit, Mustari, Brad, Hunedoara County, Romania
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘBucium, Bucium, Alba County, Romania
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘRoşia Montană, Roșia Montană, Alba County, Romania
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘBăiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
References
Mineralogical Abstracts,79-3411
Afifi, Abdulkader M., Kelly, William C., Essene, Eric J. (1988) Phase relations among tellurides, sulfides, and oxides; Pt. II, Applications to telluride-bearing ore deposits. Economic Geology, 83 (2) 395-404 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.83.2.395
Ciobanu, C.L., Cook, N.J., Damian, G., Damian, F., Buia, G. (2004) Telluride and sulphosalt associations at Sacaramb. in Cook, N.J., Ciobanu, C.L., Ed. Au-Ag telluride Deposits of the Golden Quadrilateral, Apuseni Mts., Romania., Guidebook of the International Field Workshop of IGCP project 486 Alba Iulia, Romania 31st August - 7th Sept. 2004. IAGOD Guidebook Series 12: 145-186.
Cook, N. J., Ciobanu, C. L., Capraru, N., Damian, G., & Cristea, P. (2005) Mineral assemblages from the vein salband at Sacarimb, Golden Quadrilateral, Romania: II. Tellurides. Geokhimiia, Mineralogiia i Petrologiia: 43: 56-63.
Dincă, George, Apopei, Andrei, Szabo, Robert, Maftei, Andreea (2022) The Effect of Mn Substitution on Natural Sphalerites by Means of Raman Spectroscopy: A Case Study of the Săcărâmb Au–Ag–Te Ore Deposit, Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Minerals, 12 (7) 885 doi:10.3390/min12070885
 
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