Apatite, monatite, and xenotime in metamorphic rocks

FS Spear, JM Pyle - Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2002 - degruyter.com
This chapter focuses on phosphates that are significant in metamorphic rocks. A quick
survey of phosphate mineral descriptions at a commercial mineral web-site revealed over …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the genesis of the world class Bayan Obo Fe–REE–Nb deposits, Inner Mongolia, China: Multistage processes and outstanding questions

MP Smith, LS Campbell, J Kynicky - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bayan Obo Fe–REE–Nb deposit is the world's largest rare earth element (REE)
resource and with the increasing focus on critical metal resources has become a focus of …

Laser-ablation split-stream ICP petrochronology

ARC Kylander-Clark, BR Hacker, JM Cottle - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Laser-ablation split-stream (LASS) analysis—high-speed, high spatial-resolution,
simultaneous isotopic and elemental analysis—enables petrochronology at a new level …

Pb diffusion in monazite: a combined RBS/SIMS study

DJ Cherniak, EB Watson, M Grove… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
We report measurements of Pb diffusion in both synthetic (CePO4) and natural monazites
run under dry, 1-atm conditions. Powdered mixtures of prereacted CePO4 and PbZrO3 were …

Behavior of accessory phases and redistribution of Zr, REE, Y, Th, and U during metamorphism and partial melting of metapelites in the lower crust: an example from …

F Bea, P Montero - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1999 - Elsevier
This study is aimed at understanding the behavior of monazite, xenotime, apatite and zircon,
and the redistribution of Zr, REE, Y, Th, and U among melt, rock-forming and accessory …

Monazite–xenotime–garnet equilibrium in metapelites and a new monazite–garnet thermometer

JM Pyle, FS Spear, RL Rudnick… - Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Prograde suites of pelitic rocks were examined with electron microprobe and laser ablation
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to determine the systematics of element …

The chemical composition of REE-Y-Th-U-rich accessory minerals in peraluminous granites of the Erzgebirge-Fichtelgebirge region, Germany, Part I: The monazite …

HJ Foerster - American Mineralogist, 1998 - degruyter.com
Peraluminous granites of the Erzgebirge-Fichtelgebirge, Germany, are hosts of various
members of the monazite group of minerals that display an unprecedented compositional …

Characteristics and genesis of ion adsorption-type rare earth element deposits

K Sanematsu, Y Watanabe - 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ion adsorption-type rare earth element (REE) deposits are the predominant source of heavy
REE (HREEs) and yttrium in the world. Economic examples of the deposits are confined …

Experimental resetting of the U–Th–Pb systems in monazite

AM Seydoux-Guillaume, JL Paquette, M Wiedenbeck… - Chemical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Abraded fragments (200–400 μm) of a large, chemically homogeneous, and non-metamict
Brazilian monazite crystal, characterised by a concordant U–Pb ages of 474±1 Ma …

Prograde metamorphic sequence of REE minerals in pelitic rocks of the Central Alps: implications for allanite–monazite–xenotime phase relations from 250 to 610 C

E Janots, M Engi, A Berger, J Allaz… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of REE minerals in metasedimentary rocks was investigated to gain insight
into the stability of allanite, monazite and xenotime in metapelites. Samples were collected …