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Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science

Supercritical Fluids Conserved as Fluid and Melt Inclusion in Quartz from the Sheba-Gold Mine, Barberton, South Africa

  • Open or CloseRainer Thomas1*, Paul Davidson2, Adolf Rericha3 and Ulrich Recknagel4
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    1Im Waldwinkel 8 D-14662 Friesack, Germany

    2Codes, Centre for Ore Deposits and Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Australia

    3Alemannenstraße 4a, D-144612 Falkensee, Germany

    4Böhmerwaldstraße 22, D-86529 Schrobenhausen, Germany

    *Corresponding author: Rainer Thomas, Im Waldwinkel 8 D-14662 Friesack, Germany

Submission: February 01, 2023; Published: February 14, 2023

DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2023.10.000750

ISSN : 2578-0255
Volume10 Issue5

Abstract

Our fluid inclusion study found some primary alkali-rich fluid inclusions in quartz besides the dominant secondary fluid inclusions with native gold. Other unusual observations are graphene and alkali-rich fluid inclusion, whose vapor phases are composed of 13C-rich methane and 13C-rich CO2. Furthermore, we found an inclusion with a micro-diamond crystal and one melt inclusion with moissanite.

Keywords:Native gold; Daughter crystals of gold; 13C-Rich methane; Graphene; Supercritical fluid

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