Copper-Containing Agates of the Avacha Bay (Eastern Kamchatka, Russia)

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Galina Palyanova, Evgeny Sidorov, Andrey Borovikov, Yurii Seryotkin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: agate; Avacha Bay; Kamchatka; Russia; copper; SEM; EPMA; XRD; RS; inclusions; genesis; Avacha
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min10121124

The copper-containing agates of the Avacha Bay (Eastern Kamchatka, Russia) have been investigated in this study. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, X-ray powder diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and fluid inclusions were used to investigate the samples. It...