Niobium-tantalum oxide minerals from complex granitic pegmatites in the Moldanubicum, Czech Republic: Primary versus secondary compositional trends

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 659-672

  Novák, Milan ^a   Černý, Petr ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cesstibtantite; Columbite; Czech Republic; Ferrotapiolite; Microlite; Moldanubicum; Niobium; Rynersonite; Stibiotantalite; Tantalite; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

CESSTIBTANTITE; COLUMBITE; MICROLITE; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; RYNERSONITE; TANTALITE; TANTALUM;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 0031767068     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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