EPITAXY OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENT FLUOROCARBONATE MINERALS FROM CARBONATITE DYKE AT BAYAN-OBO, INNER-MONGOLIA, CHINA

Authors
YANG XM ZHANG PS TAO KJ YANG XY CHEN SX ZOU ML LEBAS MJ WILSON RN BRANSON R CAMPBELL LS WILLIAMS TC HENDERSON P
Citation
Xm. Yang et al., EPITAXY OF RARE-EARTH ELEMENT FLUOROCARBONATE MINERALS FROM CARBONATITE DYKE AT BAYAN-OBO, INNER-MONGOLIA, CHINA, Chinese Science Bulletin, 43(13), 1998, pp. 1107-1111
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Chinese Science Bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10016538
Volume
43
Issue
13
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1107 - 1111
Database
ISI
SICI code
1001-6538(1998)43:13<1107:EOREFM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Rare earth element fluorocarbonate minerals such as bastnaesite and pa risite are firstly discovered in carbonatite dykes from Bayan Obo, Inn er Mongolia, China. Bastnaesite rarely occurs as homogeneously single crystal, but contains microfine phase of parisite. They form regular i ntergrowth along (0001) plane net, which is identified as epitaxy. Thi s eptactic texture results from the variation of chemical composition of crystallizing agents of those minerals that crystallize directly fr om carbonatite magma.