Chromian spinel composition and the platinum-group minerals of the PGE-rich Loma peguera chromitites, Loma Caribe peridotite, Dominican Republic

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 631-648

  Proenza, Joaquín A ^a   Zaccarini, Federica ^b,c   Lewis, John F ^d   Longo, Francisco ^e   Garuti, Giorgio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

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

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Xstrata   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromitites; Dominican Republic; Loma Caribe peridotite; Loma Peguera; Platinum group elements; Platinum group minerals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMITE; PLATINUM; TECTONICS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITES; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITE; HARZBURGITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALIZATION; MOHO; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SPINEL; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [DOMINICAN REPUBLIC]; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 34547295635     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.631     Document Type: Article

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