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Table 1 Mineral species and associations

From: Reduction of arsenic content in a complex galena concentrate by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Mineral species and associations

Relative proportion

Galena (free)

50.41

Galena + Arsenopyrite

13.95

Pyrite (free)

5.42

Galena + Sphaelerite

4.60

Arsenopyrite (free)

3.87

Pyrrotite (free)

3.09

Sphaelerite

3.09

Galena + Pyrite

2.33

Galena + Sphaelerite + Arsenopyrite

1.55

Galena + Arsenopyrite with inclusions of Galena

1.55

Other complex associations

10.14