Sphalerite as a non-traditional critical metal source: Correlative microscopy (EPMA, EBSD, and APT) of cobalt-enriched sulfides from the sediment-hosted copper-cobalt Dolostone Ore Formation deposit, Namibia

Sphalerite from the sediment-hosted Dolostone Ore Formation (DOF) Cu-Co-Zn deposit, in northwestern Namibia, has previously been shown to contain extremely high concentrations of the critical metal Co (up to 1 wt%). These concentrations are the highest reported in sphalerite to date, and the how and...

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Main Authors: Viktor Bertrandsson Erlandsson, Phillip Gopon, Helene Waldl, David Misch, Rainer Ellmies, Frank Melcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1171859/full