Witwatersrand gold particle chemistry matches model of metamorphosed, hydrothermally altered placer deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 523-530

  Frimmel, H E ^a   Gartz, V H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0001206932     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050119     Document Type: Article

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