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Sphalerite from
Barika ore deposit, Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Barika ore deposit, Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:857266
Long-form Identifier:1:3:857266:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘAlut, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘQolqoleh Au deposit, Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘMarabasta Zn-Pb Deposit, Pshdar District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq
61.6km (38.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed prosects (Sharosh Village), Qandil range, Kurdistan Province, Iran
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘKharapeh Au deposit, Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
References
Yar Mohammadi, A., & Rastad, E., & Mohajel, M., & Shamsa, M. (2008). Barika Gold Mineralization: a Gold-rich Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit in Iran. Journal of Science (University of Tehran) (JSUT), 34(1), 47-60. https://www.sid.ir/en/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=116868
Topa, D., Makovicky, E., Tajedin, H., Putz, H., Zagler, G. (2013) Barikaite, Pb10Ag3(Sb8As11)Σ19S40, a new member of the sartorite homologous series. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (7) 3039-3046 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.13
Mousivand, Fardin; Rastad, Ebrahim; Peter, Jan M.; Maghfouri, Sajjad (2018) Metallogeny of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 95. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.01.011
Samiee, Somayeh, Karimpour, Mohammad Hassan, Ziraniizadeh, Sedigheh (2022) Gold metallogeny in the east of Iran. Periodico di Mineralogia, 91 (3). 225-255 doi:10.13133/2239-1002/17724
 
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