A two-stage process of native palladium formation at low temperatures: Evidence from a palladian gold nugget (Gongo Soco iron ore mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-463

  Cabral, A Raphael ^a   Lehmann, B ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gongo Soco; Isomertieite alteration; Itabira Iron Formation; Minas Gerais; Native palladium; Palladian gold; Pd O species; Quadril tero Ferr fero

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DESICCATION PROCESS;

PALLADIUM ALLOYS;

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; METALLOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PALLADIUM; PARAGENESIS; WEATHERING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0038368109     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036730110     Document Type: Article

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