Microlite-manganotantalite exsolution lamellae: Evidence from rare-metal pegmatite, Karibib, Namibia

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 917-935

  Baldwin, J R ^a   Hill, P G ^b   Finch, A A ^a   von Knorring, O ^c   Oliver, G J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblygonite montebrasite; Apatite; Bismuth; Ferrotapiolite; Subsolidus replacement

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PROBES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEXTURES;

AMBLYGONITE-MONTEBRASITE; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSES; FERROTAPIOLITE; LAMELLAE; MANGANOTANTALITE LAMELLAE; SUBSOLIDUS REPLACEMENT;

MINERALOGY;

EXSOLUTION; LAMINATION; PEGMATITE;

AFRICA; ERONGO; KARIBIB; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33144478641     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056960299     Document Type: Article

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