Platinum-group mineral characterisation in concentrates from low-grade PGE chromitites from the Vourinos ophiolite complex, northern Greece

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-57

  Kapsiotis, A ^a   Grammatikopoulos, T A ^a   Zaccarini, F ^b   Tsikouras, B ^a   Garuti, G ^c   Hatzipanagiotou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromitites; Hydroseparation; PGM; Platinum group minerals; Process mineralogy; Vourinos ophiolite

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY;

CHROMITITES; HYDROSEPARATION; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT; VOURINOS OPHIOLITE COMPLEX;

CHROMITE DEPOSITS;

CHROMITITE; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOURINOS; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 33749398816     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327506X113055     Document Type: Article

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