Low-Al tourmalines of 'oxy-dravite'- povondraite series from Cu-Au deposit of Ghagri area, Salumber-Ghatol belt, Aravalli Supergroup, Rajasthan

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 933-938

  Fareeduddin, ^a   Kirmani, I R ^b   Gupta, Susmita ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Operations Rajasthan   (India)

Author keywords

Cu Au ore deposits; Evaporites; Hydrothermal; Oxy dravite; Povondraite; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249276493     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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