Platinum-group minerals of concentrates from the Driekop platinum pipe, Eastern Bushveld Complex - Tribute to Eugen F. Stumpfl

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-195

  Melcher, Frank ^a   Lodziak, Jerzy ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Driekop; Dunite pipe; Platinum group minerals

Indexed keywords

DUNITE; EXSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAFIC ROCK; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SOLID SOLUTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33947238781     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2007/0071     Document Type: Article

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