Nb-Ti-Ta oxides in the gem-mineralized and "hybrid" Anjanabonoina granitic pegmatite, central Madagascar: A record of magmatic and postmagmatic events

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-103

  De Vito, Caterina ^a   Pezzotta, Federico ^b   Ferrini, Vincenzo ^a   Aurisicchio, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alteration processes; Anjanabonoina; Central Madagascar; Columbite group; Granitic pegmatite; Pyrochlore group

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION PROCESSES; COLUMBITE GROUP; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; PYROCHLORE GROUP;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEMS; GRANITE; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

MINERALOGY;

COLUMBITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAGMATISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; PEGMATITE; PYROCHLORE; WEATHERING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 33744828250     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.87     Document Type: Article

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