A Mineralogical Note on Boulangerite, Geocronite and Yenerite From Near Işık Dağı (Kızılcahamam-Ankara), Turkey

Authors: W. E. SHARP, MARK WIELAND, STEVEN K. MITTWEDE

Abstract: Microprobe studies have facilitated recognition of the first documented occurrence of geocronite from Işık Dağı (Ankara, Turkey). While yenerite remains a discredited species along the PbS-Sb2S3 compositional join, our analyses show significant arsenic as did the original analyses for yenerite; thus, this name might be retained for arsenic-bearing varieties of boulangerite.

Keywords: Pb-Sb sulphosalts, boulangerite, geocronite, yenerite, plagionite, microprobe, slag

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