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Occurrence of Beudantite from the Son Valley Gold Belt, Uttar Pradesh - A Preliminary X-Ray Study


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1 Mineral Physics Division, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
2 Project Mineral Investigation (Peninsular), Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
     

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A rare mineral Beudantite PbFe3 (AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6had been identified by X-ray diffraction technique in a weathered mineralised quartz vein, emplaced in phyllitic sequence. Its cell parameters are a=7.32Å. and c=17.13Å that are comparable to those of JCPDS-ASTM standard. Its association with corkite suggests that the area may have potential for silver and gold.

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Mineralogy, Beudantite, Corkite, XRD, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.
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R. Prasad
Mineral Physics Division, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
S. Rai
Mineral Physics Division, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
Alok Kumar
Mineral Physics Division, Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
G. N. Dwiyedi
Project Mineral Investigation (Peninsular), Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
A. K. Tripathi
Project Mineral Investigation (Peninsular), Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India
M. L. Yadav
Project Mineral Investigation (Peninsular), Geological Survey of India, Lucknow-226024, India

Abstract


A rare mineral Beudantite PbFe3 (AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6had been identified by X-ray diffraction technique in a weathered mineralised quartz vein, emplaced in phyllitic sequence. Its cell parameters are a=7.32Å. and c=17.13Å that are comparable to those of JCPDS-ASTM standard. Its association with corkite suggests that the area may have potential for silver and gold.

Keywords


Mineralogy, Beudantite, Corkite, XRD, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.