Euhedral crystals of ferroan platinum, cooperite and mertieite-II from alluvial sediments of the Darya river, Aldan Shield, Russia

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 871-885

  Shcheka, G G ^a,b   Solianik, A N ^a   Lehmann, B ^b   Bieniok, A ^c   Amthauer, G ^c   Topa, D ^c   Laflamme, J H G ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldan Shield; Au PGE placer; Cooperite; Darya; Ferroan platinum; Mertieite II; PGE oxides; Russia

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GOLD ALLOYS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; TWINNING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PLANES; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS; FERROAN PLATINUM;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

COOPERITE; HEAVY MINERAL; MERTIEITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PLATINUM;

ALDAN SHIELD; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; WORLD;

EID: 12944334992     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046860225     Document Type: Article

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