Chemical variation of chromite in the central sector of Xerolivado chrome mine of Vourinos, Western Macedonia, Greece

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 1997, Pages 354-370

  Filippidis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromite; Greece; Vourinos; Xerolivado

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031477459     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njmm/1997/1997/354     Document Type: Article

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