Indium-Carrier Minerals in Polymetallic Sulphide Ore Deposits: A Crystal Chemical Insight into an Indium Binding State Supported by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Data

Indium is a typical chalcophile element of the Earth’s crust, with a very low average content that seldom forms specific minerals, occurring mainly as dispersed in polymetallic sulphides. Indium recovery is based primarily on zinc extraction from sphalerite, the prototype of so-called tetrahedral su...

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Main Authors: Diogo Rosa, Maria-Ondina Figueiredo, Teresa Pereira da Silva, Daniel de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-11-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/2/4/426