Contrasting pyrophanite-ilmenite solid-solution compositions from the Conta História Fe-Mn deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn 6, Issue , 2001, Pages 271-288

  Cabral, A Raphael ^a   Sattler, C D ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ilmenite bearing pyrophanite; Itabira iron formation; Manganese ore; Pyrophanite rich ilmenite; Quadril tero Ferr fero, Brazil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040433116     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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