Dingdaohengite-(Ce) from the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe Mine, China: Both a true polymorph of perrierite-(Ce) and a titanic analog at the C1 site of chevkinite subgroup

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 740-744

  Xu, Jinsha ^a   Yang, Guaming ^b   Li, Guowu ^c   Wu, Zhilan ^d   Shen, Ganfu ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Bayan Obo Iron Mine   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Chevkinite subgroup; China; Dingdaohengite (Ce); New mineral; P21 a (pseudo C2 m) space group

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM OXIDE; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORSPAR; HARDNESS; HEMATITE; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIA; MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS; MAGNETITE; MICA; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; REFLECTION; SILICA; SILICON; TANTALUM OXIDES; THORIA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BAYAN OBO; CHEVKINITE; CHINA; DINGDAOHENGITE-(CE); NEW MINERAL; SPACE GROUPS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GRANITE; IRON; MARBLE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NEW MINERAL; NIOBIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SKARN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; BAOTOU; BAYAN OBO; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 46649105900     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2543     Document Type: Article

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