The genesis of emeralds and their host rocks from Swat, northwestern Pakistan: A stable-isotope investigation

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-268

  Arif, M ^a,c   Fallick, A E ^b   Moon, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Isotope Geosciences Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERALD; FUCHSITE; MAGNESITE; MINERALIZATION; PETROGENESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PAKISTAN, SWAT;

EID: 0029756878     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02280790     Document Type: Article

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