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The nickel telluride mineral melonite from the Jaduguda uranium deposit, Singhbhum Shear Zone, Bihar, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

N. Krishna Rao ,
D. Narasimhan  and
G. V. U. Rao
N. Krishna Rao
Affiliation:
Ore Dressing Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Chandralok, 111, Sarojini Devi Road Hyderabad 500 003, (A.P.), India
D. Narasimhan
Affiliation:
Ore Dressing Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Chandralok, 111, Sarojini Devi Road Hyderabad 500 003, (A.P.), India
G. V. U. Rao
Affiliation:
Ore Dressing Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Chandralok, 111, Sarojini Devi Road Hyderabad 500 003, (A.P.), India
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Summary

The rare nickel telluride mineral melonite is identified from Jaduguda uranium ore, Singhbhum Shear Zone, Bihar, India. Its physical, optical, chemical, and paragenetic characteristics are described. The composition as obtained by EPMA is NiTe1.66Bi0.06 or approximately Ni3(Te,Bi)5. The association of melonite with molybenite in this ore deposit is unusual, since melonite is generally associated with tellurides of gold and silver. This is the first reported occurrence of melonite from India.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 43 , Issue 330 , June 1980 , pp. 775 - 777
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1980

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