The indium-rich sulfides and rare arsenates of the Sn-In-mineralized Mangabeira a-type granite, central Brazil

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 485-496

  Moura, Márcia Abrahão ^a   Botelho, Nilson Francisquini ^a   Carvalho de Mendonça, Fábio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Brazil; Indium; Mangabeira granite; Roquesite; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; INDIUM; QUARTZ; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ACCESORY MINERALS; SECONDARY MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; ARSENITE; EXSOLUTION; GRANITE; INDIUM; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; SECONDARY MINERAL; SULFIDE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HANCORNIA SPECIOSA;

EID: 34547354929     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.485     Document Type: Article

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