Platinum-palladium nuggets and mercury-rich palladiferous platinum from Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 385-397

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a   Beaudoin, Georges ^a   Kwitko Ribeiro, Rogerio ^b   Lehmann, Bernd ^c   Polônia, José Carlos ^d   Choquette, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Centro de Desenvolvimento Mineral   (Brazil)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alluvial nuggets; Brazil; C rrego Bom Sucesso; Mercury rich palladiferous platinum; Minas Gerais; Palladium; PdPt; Platinum; Serro

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL NUGGETS; BRAZIL; PALLADIFEROUS PLATINUM;

CRYSTALS; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; GOLD; MERCURY (METAL); PALLADIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELENIUM; STOICHIOMETRY;

PLATINUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746656150     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.2.385     Document Type: Article

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