Significance of Accessory Chrome Spinel in Identifying Serpentinite Paragenesis

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-64

  Sobolev, N V ^a   Logvinova, A M ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; CHROME SPINEL; PROTOLITH; SERPENTINIZATION;

EID: 13844294323     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.1.58     Document Type: Article

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