Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits

Dear Colleagues,

You are welcome to contribute papers to this Special Issue entitled Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits.

Gold is mostly found in its native state in nature. Pure native gold without impurities is rare. The main impurity in gold is silver, which forms a continuous solid solution Au_xAg_1-x (0

Gold and impurities can be transported not only by hydrothermal solutions and supercritical fluids but also by gas mixtures, sulfide, silicate, and carbonate melts. The analysis of data on proto-, syn- and epigenetic mineral microinclusions in native gold, satellite minerals, and concentrator-minerals can be used for identifying the features of the crystallization processes, and post-crystallization and post-ore transformations. It is also important to analyze changes in the native gold composition in hypergene processes during the formation of weathering crusts and placers.

The aim of this Special Issue is to identify and generalize the reasons for the variety of compositions of native gold.

Dr. Galina Palyanova
Guest Editor

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