PGE geochemistry and platinum-group minerals in chromitites from Indus Suture Zone ophiolite, northwest Himalaya, India

R Nayak, D Pal, SS Chinnasamy… - Journal of Earth System …, 2023 - Springer
Podiform chromitites, a part of Nidar ophiolite complex from the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ),
southeast Ladakh, host significant platinum-group elements (PGE) and platinum-group of …

Fertility Indicators for Porphyry-Cu-Au+ Pd±Pt Deposits: Evidence from Skouries, Chalkidiki Peninsula, Greece, and Comparison with Worldwide Mineralizations

M Economou-Eliopoulos, F Zaccarini, G Garuti - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The research interest for many authors has been focused on the origin, recovery, and
exploration of critical metals, including platinum-group elements (PGEs), with the aim of …

Are mosses used in atmospheric trace metal deposition surveys impacted by their substrate soils? A national study in Albania

F Qarri, A Kika, L Bekteshi, S Kane, S Allajbeu… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
This research used moss biomonitoring to assess the atmospheric deposition of selected
trace metals across the whole territory of Albania, a country of diverse lithology, and …

Co-occurrence of compositionally variable chromitites in the Sabzevar ophiolite, NE Iran

A Eslami, G Grieco, M Bussolesi, Y Ichiyama, D Lenaz… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
The Sabzevar ophiolite belt consists of a series of thrust-bound massifs that widen in extent
to∼ 150 km in NE Iran. The Kuh-Siah harzburgite-dunite massif in the central sector of this …

Field and petrological characteristics of PGE-rich podiform chromitites: Implications for efficient exploration

AH Ahmed - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Two distinct types of podiform chromitites have been extensively described within the mantle
sections of Neoproterozoic ophiolites in Saudi Arabia and Phanerozoic ophiolites in Oman …

The Formation of Magnesite Ores by Reactivation of Dunite Channels as a Key to Their Spatial Association to Chromite Ores in Ophiolites: An Example from Northern …

G Grieco, A Cavallo, P Marescotti, L Crispini, E Tzamos… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ophiolite magnesite deposits are among the main sources of magnesite, a raw material
critical for the EU. The present work focuses on magnesite occurrences at Kymasi (Evia …

Regional air quality study by assessing trace metal atmospheric deposition

P Lazo, Z Špirić, T Stafilov, F Qarri… - … Science and Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study addresses the atmospheric deposition of trace elements investigated in Albania,
Croatia and Macedonia in 2010 as part of the European Moss Study. This study provides …

Post-magmatic processes recorded in bimodal chromitites of the East Chalkidiki meta-ultramafic bodies, Gomati and Nea Roda, Northern Greece

A Sideridis, B Tsikouras, P Tsitsanis… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The meta-ultramafic bodies of Gomati and Nea Roda are situated in the Serbomacedonian
Massif. They demonstrate bimodal character in terms of chromitite chemistry with both Cr …

Antimony as a Potential By-Product from Pb-Zn-Au Skarn Mines of Chalkidiki, Greece

M Bussolesi, V Gazea, A Cavallo, E Tzamos, G Grieco - papers.ssrn.com
Antimony (Sb) is considered one of the world scarcest metals, and it is listed as a Critical
Raw Material (CRM) for the European Union and for several countries. Antimony …