Metamict fergusonite-(Y) in a spessartine-bearing granitic pegmatite from Adamello, Italy

Chemical Geology

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 333-345

  Gieré, Reto ^a   Williams, C Terry ^b   Wirth, Richard ^c   Ruschel, Katja ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adamello; Amorphous; Fergusonite (Y); Helium bubble; Metamict; Nanopores; Pyrophanite; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PEGMATITE; PYROPHANITE; URANINITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63449112063     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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