Mineralogy and origin of oxygen-bearing platinum-iron grains based on an X-ray absorption spectroscopy study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 622-630

  Hattori, Kéiko H ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^b   Augé, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

EXAFS; PGE; PGM oxides; Serpentinization; Weathering; XANES

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BINARY ALLOYS; BOND LENGTH; DISSOLUTION; IRON; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNESITE; MIXTURES; OXYGEN; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EXAFS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL MIXTURES; PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS; QUANTITATIVE SIMULATION; SERPENTINIZATION; X-RAY MICRO BEAMS; XANES;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; FERRIHYDRITE; MINERALOGY; OXIDE GROUP; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SERPENTINIZATION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950819128     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3391     Document Type: Article

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