Pyrochlore from weathered carbonatite at Lueshe, Zaire

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 731-750

  Wall, F ^a   Williams, C T ^a   Woolley, A R ^a   Nasraoui, M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Kalipyrochlore; Pyrochlore; Weathering; Zaire

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; KALIPYROCHLORE; LATERITE; PYROCHLORE; WEATHERING;

ZAIRE, LUESHE;

EID: 0030439294     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.402.03     Document Type: Article

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