Possible platinum-group element (PGE) oxides in the PGE-mineralized chromitite from the Northern Oman Ophiolite

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 190-198

  Ahmed, Ahmed H ^a   Arai, Shoji ^b   Kadoshima, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0041699333     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.97.190     Document Type: Article

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