Apatite paragenesis in the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe ore deposit, Inner Mongolia, China

Lithos

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 89-103

  Campbell, Linda S ^a,b   Henderson, Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Cathodoluminescence; Mineral deposits; Phosphates; Proterozoic; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CARBONATITE; IRON; MINERALIZATION; NIOBIUM; PROTEROZOIC; REE;

CHINA, NEI MONGOL, BAYAN OBO;

EID: 0031410325     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(97)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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