Niobian rutile from the McGuire granitic pegmatite, Park County, Colorado: Solid solution, exsolution, and oxidation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 754-763

  Černý, Petr ^a   Chapman, Ron ^a   Simmons, William B ^b   Chackowsky, Leonard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; HEMATITE; ILMENITE; MICA; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; RARE EARTHS; TANTALUM OXIDES;

CHARGE BALANCES; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; POROUS AGGREGATES; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; TRIVALENT CATIONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EXSOLUTION; OXIDATION; PEGMATITE; RUTILE; SOLID SOLUTION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032730119     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-5-607     Document Type: Article

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