The Origin of Stannite by Replacement of Cassiterite in the Turkaňk zone of the Kutná Hora Ore Deposit

F. Novák, A. Blűml and A. Tacl
Institute of Mineral Raw Materials of Kutná Hora
Laboratory of Geochemistry of Ore Mines, Příbram, Czechoslovakia.

Summary: The trace-element assemblage of the cassiterite of the Turkaňk and Rejsy zones of the Kutná Hora mining district are typical of a hydrothermal sulphide-cassiterite formation. Polished section studies show replacement of cassiterite by pyrrhotine, with stannite as am intermediate zone.

Mineralogical Magazine; December 1962 v. 33; no. 259; p. 339-342; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1962.033.259.07
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