On the development of niobium and rare-earth minerals in monticellite - Calcite carbonatite of the Oka complex, Quebec

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 479-484

  Chakhmouradian, Anton R ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonatitc; Latrappite; Niobium mineralization; Oka; Pyrochlore; Quebec

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; LATRAPPITE; LREE; MONTICELLITE; NIOBIUM; OKA COMPLEX; PYROCHLORE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0029749654     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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