Uvarovite in podiform chromitite: The Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif, Cuba

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 679-690

  Proenza, Joaquín ^a,b   Solé, Jesús ^b   Melgarejo, Joan Carles ^b  

^a Instituto Superior Minero Metalurgico   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Cuba; Hydrothermal; Moa Baracoa massif; Ophiolite; Uvarovite; Zoning

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; ZONATION;

CUBA;

EID: 0033398974     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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