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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1984.048.347.08</article-id>
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<article-title>Occurrence of Some Ni- and Sn-Rich Minerals in Copper Converter Slags</article-title>
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<surname>Wearing</surname>
<given-names>E.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="FN1">*</xref>
<aff>Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
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<fn fn-type="present-address" id="FN1"><label>*</label><p>Present address: 210 Wingrove Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9DD.</p></fn></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>6</month>
<year>1984</year>
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<volume>48</volume>
<issue>347</issue>
<fpage>243</fpage>
<lpage>249</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>1</day>
<month>2</month>
<year>1983</year>
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<day>2</day>
<month>9</month>
<year>1983</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1984, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1984</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The chemistry of opaque spinel, delafossite (Cu<sub>2</sub>O&#x00B7;Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>), cuprite (Cu<sub>2</sub>O), cassiterite, nickel-olivine (Ni<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>4</sub>), and bunsenite (NiO) from some copper converter slags has been investigated by electron microprobe analysis. The spinel has a complex composition containing up to 33.89% NiO and 47.69% SnO<sub>2</sub>, ranging from essentially Ni<sub>2</sub>SnO<sub>4</sub> to <inline-formula><mml:math><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo><mml:mi>Ni</mml:mi><mml:mo>,</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>Fe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2&#x002B;</mml:mn></mml:msup><mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Fe</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn><mml:mo>&#x002B;</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msubsup><mml:msub><mml:mo>O</mml:mo><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></inline-formula>. The associated delafossite contains up to 19.18% NiO and 38.15% SnO<sub>2</sub>. The chemical variation of the mineral phases is evaluated, and it appears that Ni<sup>2+</sup> enters the spinel and delafossite to charge-balance the octahedrally coordinated Sn<sup>4+</sup>.</p></abstract>
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