New data on base metal mineralogy and platinum-group minerals in the Ojen chromitites (Serrania de Ronda, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-173

  Gutierrez Narbona, Rosario ^a   Lorand, Jean Pierre ^b   Gervilla, Fernando ^a   Gros, Michel ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Base metal sulfides; Chromitites; Ni arsenides; Orogenic lherzolites; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; CHROMITITE; MINERALOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0344984421     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2003/0179-0143     Document Type: Article

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