Scandium substitution in columbite-group minerals and ixiolite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 673-680

  Wise, Michael A ^a   Černý, Petr ^b   Falster, Alexander U ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbite; Granitic pegmatite; Ixiolite; Scandium; Tantalite

Indexed keywords

COLUMBITE; IXIOLITE; PEGMATITE; SCANDIUM; TANTALITE;

EID: 0031739968     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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