Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Report articles |
| Document | publication document |
| Title (Primary) | Mineralogical and physical characterization of Theisenschlamm |
| Title (Secondary) | Fine-grained residues from copper smelting and their environmental impacts - A case study from Mansfeld District, Germany |
| Author | Weiß, H.
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| Publisher | Daus, B.; Weiß, H. |
| Source Titel | UFZ-Bericht |
| Year | 2001 |
| Department | ANA; ENVINF |
| Volume | 22/2001 |
| Page From | 25 |
| Page To | 36 |
| Language | englisch |
| Abstract |
A physical and mineralogical description of Theisenschlamm is presented. This material was generated as a by-product during extraction of copper from the Kupferschiefer formation a mineralized Permian black shale in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The Theisenschlamm consists of sulphide grains which are a complex solid solution of Pb, Zn, Cu and Fe. The crystal structures are modified forms of galena and sphalerite/wurtzite. Variations in the X-ray diffraction peak positions of these minerals reflect the intensive ionic substitution that underwent the lattice structures of these phases. Anglesite is a secondary phase associated with the alteration through oxidation of the lead sulphides in the slurry. The original particles have a median diameter of 1.25 μm, however these particles are themselves aggregates of still smaller particles, typically of sub-micron in size. In this chapter we describe the physical properties of the Theisenschlamm, including the mineralogy, radioactivity and grain size as well as the micro-chemical composition and variation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=6922 |
| Weiß, H., Morency, M., Freyer, K., Bourne, J., Fontaine, D., Mineau, R., Preda, M., Treutler, H.-C., Ghaleb, B. (2001): Mineralogical and physical characterization of Theisenschlamm In: Daus, B., Weiß, H. (eds.) Fine-grained residues from copper smelting and their environmental impacts - A case study from Mansfeld District, Germany UFZ-Bericht 22/2001 UFZ Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Leipzig, p. 25 - 36 |
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