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Gold, platinum and diamonds are resistant to chemical weathering and are often recovered from detrital deposits.
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Sinclair, J. (1969). Surface Mining of Gold, Platinum, Uranium and Gemstones. In: Quarrying Opencast and Alluvial Mining. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7611-8_10
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