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Amorphous copper and zinc sulfides in the metalliferous sediments of the Red Sea

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Detailed studies on the copper and zinc distribution in metalliferous sediments from the Atlantis II Deep (Red Sea) demonstrate that beside chalcopyrite and sphalerite appreciable amounts of copper and zinc are found in X-ray amorphous copper and zinc sulfides not previously described. Only low contents of copper and zinc are present in nontronites, hydroxides and carbonates.

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  1. Sedimentpetrographisches Institut der Universität, Goldschmidtstr. 1, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Olaf Brockamp, Evaristo Goulart, Hermann Harder & Annerose Heydemann

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Brockamp, O., Goulart, E., Harder, H. et al. Amorphous copper and zinc sulfides in the metalliferous sediments of the Red Sea. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 68, 85–88 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00375449

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