Particle from the Kolumbo polymetallic massive sulfide/sulfate deposit

Figure 4: SEM microphotograph of a particle from the Kolumbo polymetallic massive sulfide/sulfate deposit, with crystals of galena, pyrite and sphalerite that have precipitated out of hydrothermal solutions at about 220oC in the vent chimneys. Figure courtesy of Steven Carey and Haraldur Sigurdsson.

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