Structural and textural evolution of the strange Lake Peralkaline rare-element (NYF) granitic pegmatite, Quebec-Labrador

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-371

  Miller, Randy R ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labrador; Magmatic rare metal mineralization; Quebec; Rare element granitic pegmatite aplite; Residual melts; Strange Lake peralkaline complex; Zr silicate morphology

Indexed keywords

APLITE; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; PERALKALINE ROCK; RARE ELEMENT; STRANGE LAKE COMPLEX;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR; CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0029775363     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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