Constraints on the genesis of yellow fluorite in hydrothermal barite-fluorite veins of the Erzgebirge, eastern Germany: Evidence from optical absorption spectroscopy, rare-earth-element data, and fluid-inclusion investigations

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 883-898

  Trinkler, Michael ^a   Monecke, Thomas ^b   Thomas, Rainer ^c  

^a Alpha Geoservice   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erzgebirge; Fluid inclusion data; Fluorite; Germany; Hydrothermal vein deposits; Optical absorption spectroscopy; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BARITE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLUID INCLUSION DATA; GERMANY; HYDROTHERMAL VEIN DEPOSITS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORSPAR;

ADSORPTION; FLUORITE; SPECTROSCOPY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24944470298     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.3.883     Document Type: Article

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