Solubility of manganotantalite and manganocolumbite in pegmatitic melts

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-544

  Bartels, Alexander ^a   Holtz, Francois ^a   Linnen, Robert L ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Columbite, tantalite; Pegmatitic melt; Solubility; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLUBILITY; TANTALUM; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

COLUMBITE, TANTALITE; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MELT COMPOSITIONS; RHYOLITIC MELTS; SOLUBILITY PRODUCT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VOLATILES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

COLUMBITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MELT; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; RHYOLITE; SOLUBILITY; TANTALITE; TANTALUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77950888842     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3157     Document Type: Article

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