Incorporation mechanisms of Ta and Nb in zircon and implications for pegmatitic systems

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1079-1089

  Van Lichtervelde, Marieke ^a,b   Holtz, Francois ^a   Dziony, Wanja ^a   Ludwig, Thomas ^c   Meyer, Hans Peter ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization experiments; Pegmatitic systems; Tantalum; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATOMS; BINARY ALLOYS; GRANITE; LITHIUM ALLOYS; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; NIOBIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; TAPES;

CHARGE BALANCING; COUPLED SUBSTITUTION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; INCORPORATION MECHANISM; MINERAL STRUCTURE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SYNTHESIS EXPERIMENT; WATER SATURATED CONDITIONS;

ZIRCON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; NIOBIUM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEGMATITE; TANTALUM; ZIRCON;

EID: 79960536865     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3650     Document Type: Article

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