Manifestation of the phenomenon of coal enrichment with germanium of low-powered areas of the seams of the Dniprovska mine (Ukraine) and the «Zylbermints law»

Abstract

The study of the germanium distribution over the area and in the cross-section of coal seams с8н, с8в, с10в of the "Dniprovska" mine made it possible to establish the presence of a very high inverse correlation between the thickness of the seams and their germanium content; the presence of zones of Ge enrichment with a thickness of 10–30 cm at the contacts of the layers. This made it possible to explain in geochemical terms the joint manifestation of the phenomenon of germanium enrichment in low-powered areas and the "Zilberminets law" in the seams of the Dniprovska mine.