Cobaltite-gersdorffite solid solution as a primary magmatic phase in spessartite, Lacaune area, Montagne Noire, France

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Béziat, Didier ^a   Monchoux, Pierre ^a   Tollon, Francis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cobaltite; France; Gersdorffite; Montagne Noire; Primary; Solid solution; Spessartite

Indexed keywords

COBALTITE; GERSDORFFITE; SOLID SOLUTION; SPESSARTITE; SULPHARSENIDE;

FRANCE, MID-PYRENEES, TARN, LACAUNE; FRANCE, MONTAGNE NOIRE;

EID: 0030499214     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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