Origin of colour zoning in cassiterites from tin deposits within the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Cassiterites with striking colour zones from the syngenetic tin deposits at Zaaiplaats and from the epigenetic tin deposits at Rooiberg, Leeuwpoort and Union Mines, in the Central Transvaal, have been analysed by microprobe. The average niobium content (0.13 per cent Nb2O5) is higher, whereas the ta...

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Main Author: J.T. Ollila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1986-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume58/sgs_bt_058_2_pages_003_011.pdf