| Locality type: | Village |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sylvanite |
| Formula: | AgAuTe4 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 41 |
| Rhodochrosite | 12 |
| Nagyágite | 10 |
| Petzite | 9 |
| Calcite | 4 |
| Sphalerite | 3 |
| Altaite | 3 |
| Bournonite | 2 |
| Krennerite | 2 |
| Baryte | 2 |
| Native Gold | 1 |
| Tetrahedrite-(Zn) | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sylvanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (48 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 64055 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:64055:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sylvanite |
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| 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 |
| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘCurechi Hartagani, Băița, 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 |
| References |
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Wagner, F. E., Sawicki, J. A., Friedl, J., Mandarino, J. A., Harris, D. C., Cabri, L. J. (1994) 197Au Mössbauer study of the gold–silver ditellurides sylvanite, krennerite and calaverite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 32 (1) 189-201 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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Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania