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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Geochem. 2019 Sep 1;108:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.104388

Table 3.

Cadmium content of minerals (in mg/kg, except where noted; modified after Thornton, 1986).

Mineral Composition Range
Sphalerite (Zn,Cd)S < 2 %
Greenockite CdS 77.8 %
Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 < 110
Marcasite FeS2 < 50
Arsenopyrite FeAsS < 5
Galena PbS < 3000
Tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe,Zn,Ag)12SbAs4S13 80 to 2000
Magnetite Fe3O4 < 0.31
Limonite Hydrous iron oxides < 1000
Mn-Oxides Hydrous manganese oxides < 1000
Anglesite PbSO4 120 to > 1000
Calcite CaCO3 < 1 to 23
Smithonite ZnCO3 < 2.35 %
Otavite CdCO3 65.18 %
Pyromorphite Pb5Cl(PO4)3 < 1 to 8
Scorodite FeAsO4 2H2O < 1 to 5.8
Apatite Ca5(F,Cl)(PO4)3 0.14 to 0.15
Bindheimite Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) 100 to 1000
Silicates 0.03 to 5.8