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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Chiprovtsi deposit, Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Comments:Argentian-mercurian variety of tetrahedrite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chiprovtsi deposit, Chiprovtsi Municipality, Montana Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:58045
Long-form Identifier:1:3:58045:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘGovezhda mine, Govezhda, Georgi Damyanovo Municipality, Montana Province, Bulgaria
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘSedmochislenitsi Mine, Vratsa Municipality, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘPlakalnitsa Mine, Vratsa Municipality, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘZlata mine, Trun, Trun Municipality, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
68.5km (42.6 miles) ⓘBartoto prospect, Bresnik deposit, Breznik Municipality, Pernik Province, Bulgaria
83.6km (51.9 miles) ⓘKremikovtsi mine, Kremikovtsi, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
References
Atanasov, V. A. (1975). Argentian mercurian tetrahedrite, a new variety, from the Chiprovtsi ore deposit, Western Stara-Planina mountains, Bulgaria. Mineral. Mag, 40(11), 233-237.
Petrova, M., & Ilieev, T. (2007). Compositional variations in the tetrahedrite-tennantite fahlores and polybasite-pearceite series from the Chiprovtsi Ag-Pb deposit, northwestern Bulgaria. Au-Ag telluride-selenide deposits, 26, 39.
Dimitrova, D., Kerestedjian, T., & Petrova, M. (2007). Cinnabarpyrite mineralisation associated with fluorite replacement bodies in the Chiprovtsi silver-lead deposit, Northwestern Bulgaria. In Proceedings of the 9th Biennial SGA Meeting, Dublin, Ireland (pp. 873-876).
 
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