Platinum-bearing chromite layers are caused by pressure reduction during magma ascent
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02773-w
Abstract: Platinum-bearing chromitites in mafic-ultramafic intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex are key repositories of strategically important metals for human society. Basaltic melts saturated in chromite alone are crucial to their generation, but the origin of… read more here.
Keywords: saturated chromite; chromite alone; basaltic melts; platinum bearing ... See more keywords
Deep-Seated Xenolith of the Platinum-Bearing Websterite from the Paleoproterozoic Volchetundra Gabbro–Anorthosite Massif in the Kola Region
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DOI: 10.1134/s1028334x19050015
Abstract: The results of studying of the deep-seated platinum-bearing xenolith discovered in the Volchetundra gabbro-anorthosite massif in the Kola Region are presented. It is shown that xenolith 8.5 m × 4 m in size is composed… read more here.
Keywords: gabbro anorthosite; deep seated; platinum bearing; volchetundra gabbro ... See more keywords