Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2022)
Hyperenrichment of gold in pyrite induced by solid-state transportation
- Haiyang Xian,
- Hongping He,
- Jianxi Zhu,
- Kunfeng Qiu,
- Yang Li,
- Yiping Yang,
- Jieqi Xing,
- Wei Tan,
- Akira Tsuchiyama,
- Masahiro Yastake,
- Satomi Enju,
- Akira Miyake,
- Runliang Zhu
Affiliations
- Haiyang Xian
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Hongping He
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Jianxi Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Kunfeng Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences
- Yang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yiping Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Jieqi Xing
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Wei Tan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Akira Tsuchiyama
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Masahiro Yastake
- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
- Satomi Enju
- Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University
- Akira Miyake
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
- Runliang Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00628-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
The transition of gold nanoparticles to gold-bearing veinlets could occur by solid-state pipe-diffusion and elemental migration from the interior of pyrite grains to the surfaces, according to direct observations and density functional theory calculations