Platinum-group element mineralization in an As-rich magmatic sulphide system, Talnotry, southwest Scotland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 395-411

  Power, M R ^a   Pirrie, D ^a   Jedwab, J ^b   Stanley, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appinite; Gersdorffite; Magmatic sulphide; Platinum group minerals; Scotland; Talnotry

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; LITHOLOGY; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; MINERALIZATION;

PLATINUM;

MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042818965     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046820194     Document Type: Article

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