The formation of scandium minerals as an example of the role of complexes in the geochemistry of rare earths and HFS elements

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 795-808

  Gramaccioli, Carlo Maria ^a   Diella, Valeria ^b   Demartin, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluoride complexes; Geochemistry; HFS elements; Phosphate complexes; Rare earths; Scandium; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTHS; SCANDIUM; YTTRIUM;

CARBONATE IONS; FLUORIDE COMPLEXES; FLUORIDE ION; IONIC RADIUS; PHOSPHATE COMPLEXES; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; STABILITY CONSTANTS;

FLUORIDE MINERALS;

MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCANDIUM; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0033930660     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/12/4/0795     Document Type: Article

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