Sulphides and sulpharsenides in the emerald-hosting rocks from the Indus suture zone in Swat, NW Pakistan

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-271

  Arif, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Emerald hosting rocks; Hydrothermal nickeliferous phases; Indus suture zone; NW Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIDE GROUP; EMERALD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; SULFIDE; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16344391221     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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