The mess that is "Allanite"

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1411-1419

  Ercit, T Scott ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Allanite"; Androsite (La); Dissakisite (Ce); Dollaseite (Ce),Khristovite (Ce); Electron microprobe analysis; Epidote group; Formula calculation; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; LANTHANUM; NICKEL; POSITIVE IONS; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

IONIC VACANCIES;

MINERALOGY;

ALLANITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPIDOTE; NEW MINERAL; NOMENCLATURE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EID: 0036818784     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.5.1411     Document Type: Article

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