Arborescent palladiferous gold and empirical Au2Pd and Au3Pd in alluvium from southern Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a   Tupinambá, Miguel ^b   Lehmann, Bernd ^c   Kwitko Ribeiro, Rogerio ^d   Vymazalová, Anna ^e  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Centro de Desenvolvimento Mineral   (Brazil)

^e CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Au Pd Pt mineralisation; Brazil; C rrego Bom Sucesso; Minas Gerais; Palladiferous gold; Southern Serra do Espinha o

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GOLD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; STOICHIOMETRY;

BRAZIL; SERRA DO ESPINHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42449084146     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2008/0103     Document Type: Article

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