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


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Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

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

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

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

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
00434880017271925329248.jpg
Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
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Nagyágite

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
04734360017272006597809.jpg
Nagyágite

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

Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Nagyágite
Formula:[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)3
Formation:Primary
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Hörnesite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrosite154
Quartz113
Sphalerite62
Altaite43
Calaverite36
Bournonite23
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)21
Pyrite16
Native Tellurium14
Sylvanite10
Native Gold10
Calcite4
Alabandite4
Dolomite4
Stützite1
Gypsum1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nagyágite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
Photo GalleryView Gallery (133 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7985:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nagyágite
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
27.0km (16.7 miles) ⓘMusariu Cu-Au deposit, Mustari, Brad, Hunedoara County, Romania
References
Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.
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
Lapis (1989): 9: 8
American Mineralogist (1995): 80: 188.
Simon, G., Alderton, D. H. M., Stumpfl, E. F., Bleser, T. (1995) Tellurantimony in Romania: first occurrences in Europe. Mineralogy and Petrology, 53 (1) 115-124 doi:10.1007/bf01171950
Marcoux, Eric, Grancea, Luminita, Lupulescu, Marian, Milési, Jean (2002) Lead isotope signatures of epithermal and porphyry-type ore deposits from the Romanian Carpathian Mountains. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (2) 173-184 doi:10.1007/s00126-001-0223-x
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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