Zirconium and hafnium in minerals of the columbite and wodginite groups from granitic pegmatites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-202

  Černý, Petr ^a   Ercit, T Scott ^b   Smeds, Sten Anders ^c   Groat, Lee A ^d   Chapman, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Columbite group; Granitic pegmatite; Hafnium; Niobium; Tantalum; Wodginite group; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM;

COLUMBITE GROUP; GRANITIC PEGMATITES; WODGINITE GROUP;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLUMBITE; HAFNIUM; HEAVY METAL; MINERALOGY; NIOBIUM; NONSILICATE MINERAL; PARTITIONING; PEGMATITE; POLYMERIZATION; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33748450767     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.185     Document Type: Article

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