Occurrence of Petrukite in Srebrenica Orefield, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Authors: Radosavljevic, Slobodan A.; Rakic, Slobodan M.; Stojanovic, Jovica N.; Radosavljevic-Mihajlovic, Ana S.

Source: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, Volume 181, Number 1, January 2005 , pp. 21-26(6)

Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

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Abstract:

The mineral petrukite of stannite-like composition but different structure from Srebrenica orefield in eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been investigated. This mineral occurs in greisen-bordered sulphide veins in quartz-tourmaline rocks, which are almost completely replaced by a mean-temperature lead-antimony mineral paragenesis. The reflected light colour is brown-yellow. This mineral has a microhardness (VHN₁₀₀) between 316 and 330 kp/mm². Results of an electron-microprobe analysis gave the average formula (Cu_1.96, Fe_0.98, Zn_0.09, Ag_0.01)_3.04(Sn_0.94, In_0.02)_0.96, S_3.99. The strongest reflections in the X-ray powder pattern [d (in Å)(I)] are: 3.124(100), 1.918(45), and 1.636(22). Orthorhombic unit cell parameters are: a = 7.677(4); b = 6.442(6); c = 6.264(3) Å; V = 309.8(3) Å³.

Keywords: PETRUKITE; CU–FE–SN–S SULPHOSALTS; GREISEN; SREBRENICA OREFIELD; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0077-7757/2005/0181-0008

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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