Pegmatitic Nb-Ta oxide minerals in alluvial placers from Limbach, Bratislava Massif, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: Compositional variations and evolutionary trend

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Uher, Pavel ^a   Žitňan, Peter ^b   Ozdín, Daniel ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b Eastern Mediterranean Resources   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Columbite tantalite; Ferrotapiolite; Ixiolite; Pegmatite; Ta rich rutile; Uranmicrolite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLUMBITE; GRANITE; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; TANTALITE; TANTALUM;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 36348987779     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.007     Document Type: Article

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