Contrasting platinum-group mineral assemblages from two different podiform chromitite localities in the pindos ophiolite complex, Greece

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Prichard, Hazel M ^a   Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^b   Fisher, Peter C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Greece; PGE oxides; Pindos ophiolite; Platinum group minerals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALLOYS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; GARNETS; IRIDIUM; IRON; IRON ALLOYS; LITHOLOGY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NONMETALS; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM METALS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; ZINC SULFIDE;

BASE METAL (WELDING); BEARING ALLOYS; CHROMITITE; CHROMITITES; CROSS CUTTING; OPHIOLITE COMPLEX; PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS; PT ALLOY; SERPENTINIZATION; SILICATE MATRIX; SOLID SOLUTION;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY GROUP; CHROMITITE; OPHIOLITE; OXIDE GROUP; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SERPENTINIZATION; SOLID SOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PINDUS MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48249137348     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.2.329     Document Type: Article

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