Abstract
Thermodynamic data indicate that W may be transported in the aqueous gas phase above 500oC as fluoride or oxyfluoride, but hardly as hydroxide and that the deposition of wolframite is favoured by decreasing T and P. Eh-pH diagrams and exchange reactions of wolframite with oxides, sulphides and other ions in solution indicate that Fe2WO6 is stable with respect to Fe2O3 + WO3 above 126oC, but at 300oC it is stable only at high PO2 - which are not obtained in endogenous hydrothermal solutions. MgWO4 and BaWO4 have low Gibbs free energies similar to Fe2WO6 and should form minerals if Mg and Ba are present in solution with W.-A.C.B.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Geosciences > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > Crystallography and Materials Science |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences and geology |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 18629 |
Date Deposited: | 10. Mar 2014, 14:11 |
Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016, 09:15 |