Tripartite division of the system 2REEPO4-CaTh (PO4)2-2ThSiO4, discreditation of brabantite, and recognition of cheralite as the name for members dominated by CaTh(PO4)2

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 503-508

  Linthout, Kees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

"Brabantite"; Cheralite; Classification; Discreditation; Huttonite; Monazite; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALS; MONAZITE;

CHERALITE; DISCREDITATION; HUTTONITE; NOMENCLATURE DIAGRAM; TRIPARTITE DIVISION;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

CLASSIFICATION; MINERALOGY; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 34547156620     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.503     Document Type: Article

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