Skaergaardite, PdCu, a new platinum-group intermetallic mineral from the Skaergaard intrusion, Greenland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-632

  Rudashevsky, N S ^a   McDonald, A M ^b   Cabri, L J ^c,d   Nielsen, T F D ^e   Stanley, C J ^f   Kretzer, Yu L ^a   Rudashevsky, V N ^a  

^a Centre for New Technologies   (Russian Federation)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CABRI CONSULTING INC   (Canada)

^d Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CsC1 type structure; Duluth intrusion; Greenland; Hydroseparation; Minnesota; New Mineral species; Pd Cu intermetallic; Platinum group elements; Skaergaard intrusion; Skaergaardite

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CRYSTALS; DROP BREAKUP; INTERMETALLICS; TWINNING;

CHLORITE-GROUP MINERALS; SKAERGAARDITE; VASILITE;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

COPPER; NEW MINERAL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SKAERGAARDITE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION; WORLD;

EID: 8744221483     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046840208     Document Type: Article

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