The chemical composition of REE-Y-Th-U-rich accessory minerals in peraluminous granites of the Erzgebirge-Fichtelgebirge region, Germany. Part II: Xenotime

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1302-1315

  Förster, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT; GRANITIC MELTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MAXIMUM LEVELS; SUBSTITUTION MECHANISMS;

GRANITE;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GRANITE; XENOTIME;

EID: 0032445076     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-11-1219     Document Type: Article

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