Rare earth element geochemistry of columbite-group minerals: LA-ICP-MS data

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-713

  Graupner, T ^a   Melcher, F ^a   Gabler H E ^a   Sitnikova, M ^a   Bratz H ^b   Bahr, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

columbite tantalite; LA ICP MS data; LCT family pegmatites; REE geochemistry

Indexed keywords

COLUMBITE-TANTALITE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FORENSIC TOOLS; LA-ICP-MS; LA-ICP-MS DATA; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LCT FAMILY PEGMATITES; ORE CONCENTRATE; RARE-METAL GRANITES; REE GEOCHEMISTRY; REE PATTERN; STRUCTURAL DATA;

ABLATION; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; RARE EARTHS;

TANTALUM;

CESIUM; COLUMBITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LITHIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TANTALUM;

EID: 78049256918     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.691     Document Type: Article

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