Samarskite-(Yb): A new species of the samarskite group from the Little Patsy pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1119-1125

  Simmons, William B ^a   Hanson, Sarah L ^b   Falster, Alexander U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Heavy rare earth elements; Little Patsy; Metamict; New mineral species; NYF granitic pegmatite; Samarskite (Yb); South Platte District

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TWINNING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; SAMARSKITE;

YTTERBIUM;

COLUMBITE; MONAZITE; NEW MINERAL; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SAMARSKITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCON;

COLORADO; JEFFERSON COUNTY [COLORADO]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751202141     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1119     Document Type: Article

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