Platinum enrichment at low temperatures and related microstructures, with examples of hongshiite (PtCu) and empirical 'Pt2 HgSe3' from Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Cabral, A R ^a   Galbiatti, H F ^b   Kwitko ribeiro, R ^c   Lehmann, B ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b VALE S A   (Brazil)

^c Desenvolvimento de Projetos Minerais   (Brazil)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROCRACK; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION; PLATINUM;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649127880     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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