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Transformation of pyrite to pyrrhotite in the presence of Au-Ag alloys at 500 °c. / Palyanova, Galina; Kokh, Konstantin; Seryotkin, Yurii.
In: American Mineralogist, Vol. 101, No. 12, 01.12.2016, p. 2731-2737.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Transformation of pyrite to pyrrhotite in the presence of Au-Ag alloys at 500 °c
AU - Palyanova, Galina
AU - Kokh, Konstantin
AU - Seryotkin, Yurii
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Dry annealing of AuxAg1-x alloys (x = 0.19, 0.35, 0.56 or of fineness 300, 500, 700‰) and pyrite was used to reveal the solubility of Au (Ag) in FeS2 and study phase equilibria in the FeS2-AuxAgi1-x system at 500 °C. Pyrrhotite, acanthite, and uytenbogaardtite and Au-Ag alloys with increased fineness were established at the contacts of pyrite blocks with Au-Ag plates. The obtained results evidence the absence of solubility between FeS2 and Au (Ag) at 500 °C. The Ag content in alloys influences the stability of pyrite and contributes to its transformation in pyrrhotite and sulfidation and ennobling of Au-Ag alloys. Au-Ag sulfides and pyrrhotite may be present in the sulfide ores of metamorphogene deposits as annealing products of Au-Ag-pyrite-bearing ores.
AB - Dry annealing of AuxAg1-x alloys (x = 0.19, 0.35, 0.56 or of fineness 300, 500, 700‰) and pyrite was used to reveal the solubility of Au (Ag) in FeS2 and study phase equilibria in the FeS2-AuxAgi1-x system at 500 °C. Pyrrhotite, acanthite, and uytenbogaardtite and Au-Ag alloys with increased fineness were established at the contacts of pyrite blocks with Au-Ag plates. The obtained results evidence the absence of solubility between FeS2 and Au (Ag) at 500 °C. The Ag content in alloys influences the stability of pyrite and contributes to its transformation in pyrrhotite and sulfidation and ennobling of Au-Ag alloys. Au-Ag sulfides and pyrrhotite may be present in the sulfide ores of metamorphogene deposits as annealing products of Au-Ag-pyrite-bearing ores.
KW - Au-Ag sulfides
KW - Desulfidation
KW - ennobling of Au-Ag alloys
KW - isomorphism
KW - pyrite
KW - pyrrhotite
KW - sulfidation
KW - thermodiffusion
KW - visible and "invisible" gold (silver)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85002907201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2138/am-2016-5808
DO - 10.2138/am-2016-5808
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85002907201
VL - 101
SP - 2731
EP - 2737
JO - American Mineralogist
JF - American Mineralogist
SN - 0003-004X
IS - 12
ER -
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