Oscillatory-zoned crystals of pyrochlore-group minerals from the Guaniamo kimberlites, Venezuela

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 976-985

  Sharygin, Victor V ^a   Sobolev, Nikolai V ^a   Channer, Dominic M DeR ^b  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Guaniamo Mining Company   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Betafite; Carbonatite; Kimberlite; Perovskite; Pyrochlore; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; KIMBERLITE; PEROVSKITE; PYROCHLORE; ZONING;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GUANIAMO; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 71749118571     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.049     Document Type: Article

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