ASSOCIATION OF AUTHIGENIC APATITE WITH URANIFEROUS ORGANIC-MATTER AT DOMIASIAT, MEGHALAYA AND ITS GENETIC-IMPLICATIONS

Authors
SUNILKUMAR TS NARASIMHAN D RAO NK
Citation
Ts. Sunilkumar et al., ASSOCIATION OF AUTHIGENIC APATITE WITH URANIFEROUS ORGANIC-MATTER AT DOMIASIAT, MEGHALAYA AND ITS GENETIC-IMPLICATIONS, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 48(4), 1996, pp. 409-414
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Journal of the Geological Society of India → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167622
Volume
48
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
409 - 414
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7622(1996)48:4<409:AOAAWU>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The occurrence of authigenic apatite with uraninite, pyrite, sphalerit e and galena within organic matter is a characteristic feature of the sandstone-type uranium deposit at Domiasiat, Meghalaya. Apatite occurs in the form of thin hexagonal basal plates and its identification is confirmed by x-ray diffraction. The authigenic apatite in this specifi c association points towards diagenesis in euxenic conditions of marin e affinity.