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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-191-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-191-2025
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20 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2025

Sulfide mineralogy of igneous basic rocks (ophites) from the external zone of the Betic Cordillera

José M. González-Jiménez, Idael F. Blanco-Quintero, Lola Yesares, Claudio Marchesi, Amira R. Ferreira, Igor González-Pérez, Erwin Schettino, Francisco Abel Jiménez Cantizano, and Fernando Gervilla

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More than 2000 outcrops of igneous mafic rocks with ages spanning the Triassic to Cretaceous are widespread in the internal and external zones of the Betic Cordillera. This magmatism originated by continental rifting is of great interest as a potential resource for Ni, Cu and Co. However, to date, the sulfide mineralogy of these metals is still unknown.
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