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Title:
The first occurrence of platinum group minerals (PGM) in a chromite deposit in the Eastern Desert, Egypt
Authors:
Elhaddad, M. A.
Affiliation:
AA(Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt)
Publication:
Mineralium Deposita, Volume 31, Issue 5, pp.439-445
Publication Date:
07/1996
Origin:
SPRINGER
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 1996: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
DOI:
10.1007/s001260050051
Bibliographic Code:
1996MinDe..31..439E

Abstract

The platinum-group mineralogy (PGM) of the chromitite from Gebel Lawi, in the southeastern desert has been investigated. The most abundant base metal sulfides (BMS) associated with the Lawi chromite are pentlandite, millerite and heazlewoodite. The major platinum-group minerals identified were as follows: laurite (IrOsRu)S2, osmian iridium (OsIr), hollingworthite (RhAsS), tellurian arsenopalladinite (PdTeSbAs), potarite (PdHg) besides cuprian palladian gold (CuPdAu), a Pd-Sb-Hg and HgTe phases. Laurite and osmian iridium occur preferentially in chromite. Os-Ir commonly forms composite PGM with laurite. Hollingworthite and tellurian arsenopalladinite are included within serpentine and, close to the base-metal sulfides, the cuprian palladian gold shares boundaries with chromite. Potarite together with the Pd-Sb-Hg and HgTe phases are embedded in serpentine. Palladium is the most abundant PGE in the Gebel Lawi chromite. A paragenetic sequence of PGM formation is described. Textural evidence indicates that Os-, Ir- and Ru-bearing PGM formed early and were followed by Rh- and Pd-bearing PGM. The concentration of all five PGE could be magmatic, but much of the PGE mineralogy except for laurite and osmian iridium in the center of chromite grains, has been modified by subsequent processes. At later stages, the environment became Te-, Sb-, As- and Hg-rich, which finally led to the formation of low-temperature alteration minerals.
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