The magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of felsic igneous rocks as seen through Nb-Ta geochemical fractionation, with implications for the origins of rare …

C Ballouard, M Massuyeau, MA Elburg, S Tappe… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Despite Nb and Ta being considered as 'geochemical twins', most Ta mineral
deposits are associated with muscovite-bearing peraluminous granites and related …

[HTML][HTML] REE minerals at the Songwe Hill carbonatite, Malawi: HREE-enrichment in late-stage apatite

S Broom-Fendley, AE Brady, F Wall, G Gunn… - Ore Geology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Compared to all published data from carbonatites and granitoids, the fluorapatite
compositions in the Songwe Hill carbonatite, determined by EPMA and LA ICP-MS, have the …

Alkaline-silicate REE-HFSE systems

CD Beard, KM Goodenough, AM Borst… - Economic …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Development of renewable energy infrastructure requires critical raw materials,
such as the rare earth elements (REEs, including scandium) and niobium, and is driving …

Mineralogy, petrology and PT conditions of the spodumene pegmatites and surrounding meta-sediments in Lhozhag, eastern Himalaya

JM Wang, KS Hou, L Yang, XC Liu, RC Wang, GM Li… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Several giant industrial-grade rare-metal deposits have been discovered in the Himalaya
most recently. However, the mechanism of how rare-metals mineralization formed in the …

[HTML][HTML] How precisely can the temperature of a fluid event be constrained using fluid inclusions?

A Fall, RJ Bodnar - Economic Geology, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fluid inclusions in clearly defined fluid inclusion assemblages (FIAs) from various geologic
environments were examined to assess the uncertainty associated with determining the …

Characterisation of a rare earth element-and zirconium-bearing ion-adsorption clay deposit in Madagascar

R Ram, M Becker, J Brugger, B Etschmann… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ambohimirahavavy igneous complex (Ampasibitika intrusion) in Madagascar
hosts a world-class rare-earth element (REE) bearing ion-adsorption clay (IAC) resource. In …

[HTML][HTML] Metasomatic effect of Li-bearing aplite-pegmatites on psammitic and pelitic metasediments: Geochemical constraints on critical raw material exploration at the …

J Errandonea-Martin, I Garate-Olave… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluid-assisted mass transfer and re-equilibration of mineral phases are common
consequences of metasomatism associated with igneous intrusions. The addition and/or …

Concentration mechanisms of rare earth element-Nb-Zr-Be mineralization in the Baerzhe deposit, Northeast China: Insights from textural and chemical features of …

M Wu, IM Samson, K Qiu, D Zhang - Economic Geology, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Early Cretaceous Baerzhe deposit in Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, hosts a
world-class resource of rare earth elements (REEs), niobium, zirconium, and beryllium. In …

An unique, fluocerite-rich REE deposit in Henan province, Central China: the missing link in magmatic-hydrothermal REE mineralizing systems?

W Zhang, WT Chen, AE Williams-Jones - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
Fluocerite has been shown experimentally and by thermodynamic modeling to be an
important phase for the evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal REE mineralizing systems, but …

Zirconosilicates in the kakortokites of the Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland: Implications for fluid evolution and high-field-strength and rare-earth element …

AM Borst, H Friis, T Andersen… - Mineralogical …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The layered agpaitic nepheline syenites (kakortokites) of the Ilímaussaq complex, South
Greenland, host voluminous accumulations of eudialyte-group minerals (EGM). These …