Magmatic gold grains in the El Tale lamproite, Fortuna, SE Spain

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 595-602

  Toscani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gold; Lamproite; Platinum group elements; SE Spain

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LAMPROITE; MAGMATISM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; SOURCE ROCK;

FORTUNA; MURCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0032734097     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1999.063.4.12     Document Type: Article

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