Platinum-group minerals in gold-bearing placers asoociated with the veluće ophiolite complex, Yugoslavia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Krstić, Saša ^a,c   Tarkian, Mahmud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Ophiolite complex; Origin; Placers; Platinum group minerals; Velu e; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROPROBE; OPHIOLITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP MINERAL;

YUGOSLAVIA, VELUCE;

EID: 0030735563     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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