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Breithauptite: A Rare Antimonide in the Dariba-Rajpura-Bethumni Belt, Rajsamand District, Rajasthan


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Breithauptite (NiSb), a rare antimonide, is generally found associated with hydrothermal vein ores of Ni and Co. In India, it has so far been recorded only from the gold-quartz veins of the Kolar Gold Field. Occurrence of this antimonide in a sediment-hosted milieu however, has seldom been noted. We report here the identification and characterization of this rare phase in both the stratiform and the vein-type ores of the sediment-hosted Zn-Pb sulphide deposits and prospects within the Dariba-Rajpura-Bethumni metallogenic belt in Northwestern India. Metamorphic remobilization from the stratiform ores of the belt has been postulated as a possible mechanism for the conspicuous segregation of breithauptite as a discrete phase within these ores.

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Antimonide, Breithauptite, Dariba-Rajpura-Bethumni Belt, Metamorphic Remobilization, Rajasthan.
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T. Pal
Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007, India
M. Deb
Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007, India

Abstract


Breithauptite (NiSb), a rare antimonide, is generally found associated with hydrothermal vein ores of Ni and Co. In India, it has so far been recorded only from the gold-quartz veins of the Kolar Gold Field. Occurrence of this antimonide in a sediment-hosted milieu however, has seldom been noted. We report here the identification and characterization of this rare phase in both the stratiform and the vein-type ores of the sediment-hosted Zn-Pb sulphide deposits and prospects within the Dariba-Rajpura-Bethumni metallogenic belt in Northwestern India. Metamorphic remobilization from the stratiform ores of the belt has been postulated as a possible mechanism for the conspicuous segregation of breithauptite as a discrete phase within these ores.

Keywords


Antimonide, Breithauptite, Dariba-Rajpura-Bethumni Belt, Metamorphic Remobilization, Rajasthan.

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