Supergene iron phosphate minerals in Proterozoic ironstones from the Olary Block, South Australia

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 7, 1997, Pages 309-327

  Ashley, Paul M ^a   Lottermoser, Bernd G ^b   Scott, Keith M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ironstones; Olary Block; Phosphate minerals; South Australia; Supergene alteration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512496     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njmm/1997/1997/309     Document Type: Article

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