Occurrence of unknown Ru-Os-Ir-Fe oxides in the chromitites of the Nurali ultramafic complex, southern Urals, Russia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1431-1439

  Garuti, Giorgio ^a   Zaccarini, Federica ^a   Cabella, Roberto ^b   Fershtater, German ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Nurali; Osmium; Oxides; Platinum group elements; Platinum group minerals; Russia; Ruthenium; Ultramafic complex; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; OXIDE; PGE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, URALS;

EID: 0031351080     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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