The chemical evolution and paragenesis of uranium minerals from the ruggles and palermo granitic pegmatites, New Hampshire

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-144

  Korzeb, Stanley L ^a   Foord, Eugene E ^b   Lichte, Frederick E ^b  

^a Box 25046 ^*  (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

uranophane; Compreignacite; Meta autunite I; New Hampshire; Palermo granitic pegmatite; Phosphuranylite; Ruggles granitic pegmatite; Rutherfordine; Schoepite; Soddyite; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MINERALIZATION; PEGMATITE; URANIUM;

USA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, GRAFTON COUNTY;

EID: 0030834583     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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