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Introduction to Ore Microscopy
(Units E-H)
Part 2
Systematic by mineral groups

Group
Mineral
Deposit
Unit
Photo no
Native elements
Gold
Pataz
E
Yellowknife
E
Silver
Chañarcillo
E
El Dorado
E
 
Copper
Keweenaw Penisula
E
 
Graphite
Talvivaara
E
 
Outukumpu
E
Outukumpu
E
Los Jarales (FE 83-5)
E
 
Oxydes
Ilmenite
(Barrambie)
F
 
Taberg
F
(Sanford Lake)
F
(Sanford Lake)
F
Magnetite
El Laco
F
Eweschbourg
F
 
Hematite
Sections with hematite
 
 
216 Spain, 217, 218
F
Chromite
Los Jarales
F
Kraubath
E
 
Rutile
Talvivaara
E
 
(Chisel)
E
(Chisel)
E
(Outukumpu)
E
 
Limonite
Bisbee
G
 
Sulfides and arsenides
py, po, mr, sl, gn, cp
sections from unit A-D
 
 
(Falun)
G
 
Arsenopyrite
Dale Head North
E
Pataz
E
 
Yellowknife
E
Pentlandite, Cubanite
Sudbury Frood Mine
G
Sudbury Frood Mine
G
Mackinawite
Outukumpu
E
 
Nickeline
Los Jarales
G
Safflorite
El Dorado
E
 
Bravoite
Maubach
G
Chalcocite
Bisbee
G
 
Buena Esperanza
G
Michilla
G
Digenite, Bornite
Sto. Domingo
G
 
Buena Esperanza
G
Michilla
G
Molybdenite
Bayerland
H
Bayerland
H
Antimonite?
Rävlidmyran
H
 
Kaveltorp
 
 
Sulfosalts and complex Sulfides
Fahlore
Yellowknife
E
 
Rammelsberg
E
 
Rävlidmyran
H
Rävlidmyran
H
Rävlidmyran
H
Rävlidmyran
H
Bournonite
Rävlidmyran
H
 
Boulangerite
Bayerland
H
Bayerland
H
Jordanite (Gratonite)
Wiesloch
H
 
Enargite, Luzonite
Yauricocha
H
Yauricocha
H
 
Difference between a carbonate gangue and a silicate gangue
Rammelsberg and other sections
A-H
 

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