Notes on the chemical composition of zirconolite with thorutite inclusions from Walaweduwa, Sri Lanka

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 721-725

  De Hoog, J C M ^a   Van Bergen, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

REE; Sri Lanka; Thorutite inclusions; Zirconolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008190378     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.408.13     Document Type: Article

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