Immiscibility between arsenide and sulfide melts: A mechanism for the concentration of noble metals

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 485-502

  Gervilla, Fernando ^a   Leblanc, Marc ^b   Torres Ruiz, José ^a   Fenoll Hach Alí, Purificación ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Beni Bousera peridotite; Immiscibility; Mechanism of concentration; Morocco; Ni arsenide melts; Platinum group elements; Ronda peridotite; Spain; Sulfide melts

Indexed keywords

ARSENIDE MELT; GOLD; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; MINERALIZATION; PGE; SULPHIDE MELT;

MOROCCO, RIF, BENI BOUSERA; SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, RONDA MASSIF;

EID: 0030498626     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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