Investigation of platinum-group minerals (PGM) from Pindos chromitites (Greece) using hydroseparation concentrates

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1170-1178

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

^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; Greece; Hydroseparation; PGM; Pindos ophiolite; Process mineralogy

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SEED; SEPARATION;

CHROMITITE; CHROMITITES; HYDROSEPARATION; PINDOS OPHIOLITE; PROCESS MINERALOGY;

MINERALS;

EID: 34548588525     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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