川西扎乌龙花岗伟晶岩型稀有金属矿床铌钽铁矿族矿物特征及其意义

铌钽铁矿族矿物(CGM)是重要铌、钽矿石矿物,记录了花岗伟晶岩型稀有金属矿床的岩浆热液演化过程.扎乌龙位于四川省西部石渠县,为大型花岗伟晶岩型稀有金属矿床.文章以扎乌龙14号伟晶岩脉为研究对象,开展了系统的铌钽铁矿族矿物研究工作.14号伟晶岩脉分带良好,从边部到中心可划分为云母石英电气石带(Ⅰ带)、斜长石带(Ⅱ带)、钠长石锂辉石带(Ⅲ带)和石英锂辉石带(Ⅳ带),均发育有铌钽铁矿族矿物.根据矿物内部结构和化学成分,推断14号伟晶岩脉存在2个阶段铌钽矿化:早阶段在各带内均形成铌铁矿-铌锰矿(CGM-1),内部呈现均一结构或振荡环带,指示以铌结晶为主的岩浆阶段;晚阶段在Ⅲ带和Ⅳ带内形成钽铁矿和少量富钽的铌铁矿-铌锰矿(CGM-2),围绕早阶段铌铁矿-铌锰矿再生长或穿切、交代早阶段铌钽矿物,指示以钽结晶为主的岩浆-热液过渡阶段.铌钽铁矿族矿物呈现出2种演化趋势,分别为早阶段铌铁矿-铌锰矿的Mn/(Mn+Fe)比值随着Ta/(Ta+Nb)比值升高而增加,晚阶段富钽矿物Mn/(Mn+Fe)比值随着Ta/(Ta+Nb)比值升高而不变,指示扎乌龙14号伟晶岩脉总体为中等程度分异,早期岩浆阶段各带内连续、晚期岩浆-热液阶段发生跳跃的不连续演化过程,并指示早阶段演化受岩浆结晶分异的控制、晚阶段演化主要受结晶分异、富Li流体环境和其他含Fe-Mn矿物共同控制的地球化学行为.     

伟晶岩里铌钽矿物量的测定

某伟晶岩体含有钽铌铁矿、铌钽铁矿、重钽铁矿、钽锰矿、锡钽锰矿五种铌钽矿物,需要对该岩体的不同带定量测定这五种矿物的含量,以研究其成因。这五种矿物都呈     

湖北断峰山铌钽矿矿物学特征和铌钽赋存状态

通过全岩化学分析、显微镜下鉴定、扫描电镜分析及矿物自动定量分析(AMICS),查明了断峰山铌钽矿床的矿石物质组成和铌钽赋存状态.矿石Nb2O5品位为0.0112％～0.0117％,Ta2O5品位为0.0033％～0.0084％,主要矿物组成为钠长石、石英、白云母、黑云母及高岭石等,矿石中的铌钽矿物主要有钽锰矿(Ta/Nb=2.94,Fe/Mn=0.45)、钽铌锰矿(Ta/Nb=0.51,Fe/Mn=0.56)和铌锰矿(Ta/Nb=0.11,Fe/Mn=0.82)3种.矿石含Nb2O5量为0.0112％～0.0117％,含Ta2O5量为0.0033％～0.0084％,该矿床为花岗伟晶岩类铌钽矿床.铌在铌锰矿、钽铌锰矿和钽锰矿分布率分别为48.76％、37.26％和13.99％.钽在钽锰矿、钽铌锰矿和铌锰矿的分布率分别为62.65％、28.96％和8.39％.铌钽矿物粒度主要分布于16～75μm之间,矿物单体解离度较低,占24.47％.     

伟晶岩里铌钽矿物量的测定

某伟晶岩体含有钽铌铁矿、铌钽铁矿、重钽铁矿、钽锰矿、锡钽锰矿五种铌钽矿物,需要对该岩体的不同带定量测定这五种矿物的含量,以研究其成因。这五种矿物都呈黑色,根据矿物的光性及物性在显微镜下难以区分开,也不能准确地测定这五种矿物的含量。对于物相分析,也很难选择出合适的溶剂将这五种矿物各自分离开来进行测定。本工作是采用激光显微光谱分析手段试验出这五种矿物的光谱特征,依此将它们区分开     

湖南仁里5号伟晶岩脉铌钽矿物特征与岩浆热液成因的探讨

湖南仁里5号花岗伟晶岩是1条分异程度很高的伟晶岩脉,其岩相带分为2类:外部带(Ⅰ—Ⅱ)和内部带(Ⅲ—V).文章用电子探针定量分析(EPMA)和背散射电子图像(BSE)研究了 5号脉中的铌钽矿物.研究揭示:铌铁矿-钽铁矿存在于大部分结构带中,而铌锰矿和细晶石主要局限于V带.Ⅰ—Ⅲ带的铌钽铁矿在结构上表现为中心富集Nb元素,边缘富集Ta元素的韵律环带结构,在Ⅳ带出现富钽细脉交代铌铁矿的复杂结构,V带的内部结构不明显,Nb、Ta元素在V带发生突变:Nb元素含量升高,Ta元素含量降低,表明伟晶岩浆可能在Ⅳ—V带发生了转变.从外部带到内部带钠长石增加而微斜长石减少,Ⅲ带F元素含量不断增高,铌钽矿化主要发生在白云母钠长石带(Ⅲ带)和锂云母石英核中(V带),表明挥发分(如F)有效促进了稀有金属元素的迁移和富集(Ⅲ带),同时晚期富钠等碱金属的流体促进了仁里铌钽元素的富集(V带).     

福建南平花岗伟晶岩中的铌钽矿物学研究

铌钽矿物是福建南平花岗伟晶岩中最有工业利用价值的矿物,其种类较多,根据晶体结构和成分的差异,可分成６大类,即：铌铁矿－钽铁矿类,重钽铁矿类,锡锰钽矿类,细晶石类;褐钇铌矿类;铌（钽）－铁金红石类。铌铁矿－钽铁矿还可进一步分成６个在。不同各类铌钽矿物产于不同类型伟晶岩或同一类型伟晶岩的不同矿物组合带。在详细讨论了各类铌钽矿物的产状,成分,物理性质及晶体结构等特征的基础上,探讨了它们的地球化学演化规律     

大吉山钨矿中钨银锰矿与富钨铌锰矿的交生现象及其成因探讨

文章对大吉山钨锰矿矿石进行了电子探针分析，发现了一种主要元素为Nb、Ta、Fe、Mn、W的复杂氧化物矿物——钨铌锰矿。这种矿物与富钨铌锰矿交生，在成分上与后者呈渐变过渡。证实在自然界中黑钨矿与铌钽铁矿之间可能存在着广泛的W—Nb(Ta)类质同像置换现象。通过对其成分、形态和共生关系的研究，结合大吉山钨矿的形成期次，联系矿体与区域内两期花岗岩的内在关系，对大吉山钨矿的成因机制进行了探讨。     

大吉山钨矿中钨铌锰矿与富钨铌锰矿的交生现象及其成因探讨

文章对大吉山钨锰矿矿石进行了电子探针分析 ,发现了一种主要元素为Nb、Ta、Fe、Mn、W的复杂氧化物矿物———钨铌锰矿。这种矿物与富钨铌锰矿交生 ,在成分上与后者呈渐变过渡。证实在自然界中黑钨矿与铌钽铁矿之间可能存在着广泛的W_Nb(Ta)类质同像置换现象。通过对其成分、形态和共生关系的研究 ,结合大吉山钨矿的形成期次 ,联系矿体与区域内两期花岗岩的内在关系 ,对大吉山钨矿的成因机制进行了探讨     

富磷岩浆体系与铌、钽成矿作用的实验研究

<正>铌、钽是具有相同电价和相同离子半径的高产强元素,在各种地质过程中具有非常相似的地球化学特征,具密切的共生关系。铌、钽因具有高强度、抗疲劳、抗变形、抗腐蚀、超导等多种优良特性,成为了电子工业、军事和空间技术及核工业不可或缺的重要材料。铌钽铁矿(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6)是最重要的铌钽矿物之一,其往往赋存于富挥发份的岩浆体系中(Linnen and Cuney,2005)。鉴于熔体中矿物溶解度对矿物晶     

喜马拉雅东部拉隆岩体伟晶岩中的铌铁矿族矿物特征及两期铌钽成矿作用

喜马拉雅造山带内广泛分布着淡色花岗岩，近期研究表明多个岩体与稀有金属成矿作用密切相关。喜马拉雅东部拉隆岩体中花岗质伟晶岩发育有铌钽成矿作用，主要赋存在铌铁矿族矿物中。本次研究考察了该岩体的伟晶岩，观察了这些铌铁矿族矿物的产状，并对它们的主量、微量元素成分进行了分析。根据岩相学特征的差异，拉隆伟晶岩被分为边部带、过渡带和核部带。铌铁矿族矿物大多出现在过渡带中，具有明显的核边结构，根据产状和Ta#[Ta/(Ta+Nb)]可将铌铁矿族矿物分为两类，第一类矿物成分均一，自形程度好，晶体内部缺少内部结构。第二类矿物自形程度差，分布于第一类矿物的边部、填充于第一类矿物的裂隙或交代其核部，并发育有一系列的亚显微结构（包括韵律环带结构、交代结构、溶蚀孔洞结构和裂隙填充结构）。第一类铌铁矿族矿物是Ta#较低（0.08～0.34）的铌铁矿，而第二类为Ta#相对较高（0.45～0.60）的铌铁矿和钽铁矿。这两类铌铁矿族矿物的稀土配分模式相近，Eu呈强烈的负异常，δEu的范围为0.001～0.020。配分曲线总体呈海鸥型，四分组效应不明显；LREE/HREE值范围为0.016～0.044，反映出重稀土元素富集...     

Niobium-tantalum oxide minerals in the Jezuitsk�� Lesy granitic pegmatite, Bratislava Massif, Slovakia: Ta to Nb and Fe to Mn evolutionary trends in a narrow Be,Cs-rich and Li,B-poor dike

A complex assemblage of Nb-Ta-(Sn) oxide minerals occur in a relatively narrow (~1?2 m thick) extensively albitized, Hercynian granitic pegmatite dike intruding biotite granodiorites near Bratislava, SW Slovakia. The dike shows enrichment in beryl (locally Cs-rich) but absence of Li- and B-rich phases. Compositions and textural relationships indicate complex evolutions of Nb-Ta oxide phases with several generations presenting distinct textural and compositional features. The first generation of the Nb-Ta minerals from the quartz-microcline-muscovite zone show Ta,Fe-rich compositions with Ta# [Ta/(Ta + Nb)]?=?0.52?0.70 (Ct I columbite-tantalite), 0.88?0.90 (Tap I ferrotapiolite) and 0.73?0.86 (Fw I ferrowodginite); Mn# [Mn/(Mn + Fe)]?=?0.32?0.49 (Ct I), 0.06?0.10 (Tap I) and 0.33?0.41 (Fw I). The 2nd generation is represented by ferrocolumbite to ferrotantalite (Ct II) in saccharoidal albite zone, replacement zones of Ct II in Ct I, and irregular overgrowths of ferrotapiolite (Tap II) and ferrowodginite (Fw II) on Tap I grains. The minerals of the 2nd generation show decreasing of Ta# in comparison to the 1st group: 0.10?0.60 (Ct II), 0.85?0.87 (Tap II) and 0.73?0.77 (Fw II); Mn# attains 0.30?0.45 (Ct II), 0.06?0.09 (Tap II) and 0.26?0.37 (Fw II). The 3rd generation includes fissure fillings, overgrowths and replacement zones of manganocolumbite and manganotantalite (Ct III), ferrotapiolite (Tap III) and ferrowodginite (Fw III) on the older Nb-Ta phases (Ct I, Tap I, Fw I, Fw II), in the coarse-grained unit. The 3rd population displays distinct Mn# increasing (Ct III: 0.51?0.69, Tap III: 0.11?0.24, Fw III: 0.40?0.41), Ta# values reach 0.16?0.79 (Ct III), 0.88?0.92 (Tap III) and 0.80?0.81 (Fw III). The latest, 4th generation of the Nb-Ta phases represents irregular veinlets and patches of fluorcalciomicrolite, replacing Ct I, Tap I, Fw I, Ct II and Tap III. Decrease of Ta/(Ta + Nb) values in Ct II from the saccharoidal albite unit can be explained by crystallization from the albite-rich melt, which was significantly impoverished in Ta with respect to Nb, after crystallization of Ta-rich phases from the 1st generation (ferrotapiolite I, ferrowodginite I).     

苏州花岗岩中钽铁矿的发现及其地质意义

本文在研究苏州花岗岩中铌铁矿的基础上,首次在该地区发现了钽铁矿。电子探针分析表明它的Ta/(Ta+Nb)=0.50-0.73,Mn/(Mn+Fe)=0.20-0.40;用激光显微拉曼探针对钽铁矿进行的研究显示,位于880cm~(-1)的A_g拉曼特征峰非常显著。笔者认为,钽铁矿在苏州花岗岩中的存在,证实该岩体属于S型花岗岩,而非如传统认为的A型花岗岩。     

Nb-Ta-minerals from the cap de creus pegmatite field,eastern Pyrenees: distribution and geochemical trends

Summary Internal structure and mineralogy facilitate distinction of four main pegmatite types at the eastern end of the Pyrenees. Three main trends in compositional variations in Nb-Ta-Sn-REE-Ti minerals have been established: a regional trend, with Ta/(Ta + Nb) ratio increasing towards the more evolved pegmatites, Mn/(Mn + Fe) being relatively low and increasing only slightly; a single-body trend, with similar enrichment toward the late pegmatite units; a single-crystal trend, with zoning related to both Ta/(Ta + Nb) and Mn/(Mn + Fe) ratios and a tendency toward Ta-enrichment in the late growth stages. The regional geochemical enrichment trends in the Mn/(Mn + Fe) ratios and Ta/(Ta + Nb) are those expected for a beryl-columbite pegmatite type. In a single pegmatite, the evolution depends on the simultaneous growth of other mineral species. Three factors seem to control the development of zoning in columbite-tantalite crystals: availability of Mn, Ta, Fe, Nb, significant differences in solubility between mineral group end members and re-equilibria with late pegmatite fluids.

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Nb-Ta-Minerale aus dem Pegmatit-Feld vom Cap de Creus, östliche Pyrenäen: Verteilung und geochemische Trends

Zusammenfassung Am Ostrand der Pyrenäen können anhand des inneren Aufbaus und der Mineralogie vier Haupttypen von Pegmatiten unterschieden werden. Die Zusammensetzungen von Nb-Ta-Sn-SEE-Ti-Mineralen folgen drei Haupttrends: einem regionalen Trend, bei dem das Verhältnis Ta/(Ta + Nb) zu den höher entwickelten Pegmatiten hin zunimmt, während Mn/(Mn + Fe) relativ niedrig ist und nur leicht zunimmt; einem lokalen (auf das jeweilige Vorkommen beschränkten) Trend mit einer ähnlichen Anreicherung zu den spätpegmatitischen Einheiten hin; einem auf Einzelkristalle bezogenen Trend mit Zonierung in bezug auf die Verhältnisse Ta/(Ta + Nb) und Mn/(Mn + Fe) und einer Tendenz zur T a-Anreicherung in den späten Wachstumsphasen. Die regionalen geochemischen Anreicherungstrends in den Mn/(Mn + Fe)- und Ta/(Ta + Nb)-Verhältnissen entsprechen jenen, wie sie für den Beryll-Columbit-Pegmatit-Typ erwartet werden. In einem einzelnen Pegmatit hängt die Entwicklung vom gleichzeitigen Wachstum anderer Mineral-Spezies ab. Drei Faktoren scheinen die Ausbildung einer Zonierung in Columbit-Tantalit-Kristallen zu kontrollieren: das Angebot an Mn, Ta, Fe und Nb, deutliche Unterschiede in der Löslichkeit der Endglieder von Mineralgruppen und die Iteequilibrierung mit spätpegmatitischen Lösungen.

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Exsolution intergrowths of titanian ferrocolumbite and niobian rutile from the Weinebene Spodumene Pegmatites,Carinthia, Austria

Summary Titanian ferrocolumbite is a rare accessory mineral in the spodumene-bearing pegmatites at Weinebene, Carinthia, Austria. It contains abundant exsolved niobian rutile and scarce inclusions of cassiterite that may be primary. The titanian ferrocolumbite is relatively homogeneous with Mn/(Mn + Fe) 0.24–0.33, Ta/(Ta + Nb) 0.09–0.13 (atomic ratios) and 0.47–0.88 Ti per 12 cations (2.7–5.0 wt.% TiO₂). Natural specimens are considerably disordered but become more ordered on heating. Niobian rutile has Mn/(Mn + Fe) 0.00–0.04 and Ta/(Ta + Nb) 0.26–0.38; it concentrates Fe, Ta, Ti and Sn relative to the Mn- and Nb-enriched ferrocolumbite. The overall scarcity of Nb, Ta-oxide minerals in the spodumene-bearing pegmatites of southern Ostalpen conforms to their general features ranking them with the albite-spodumene type of rare-element pegmatites.With 4 Figures     

Tantalite in Suzhou Granite：mineralogy and Geological Implications

Tantalite,occurring as intergranular tabular crystals,was reported for the first time in the Suzhou granite.Electron microprobe analyses show that it is rich in W and Ti,with a Ta/(Ta Nb) ratio ranging from 0.5 to 0.73 and a Mn(Mn Fe) ratio between 0.20 and 0.40.It is structurally distinct from isomorphic tapiolite by a remarked Ag Raman peak at 880cm^-1.The associated zircon is striking by significant enrichment of Hf,with the HfO2 content amounting up to 35%-40%,The discovery of tantalite suggests that the Suzhou granite should be classified as a S-type granite instead of A-type as considered previously.     

陕西丹凤富铷伟晶岩中褐钇铌矿矿物学及地球化学特征

东秦岭的商南—丹凤地区分布着众多含稀有金属矿化的花岗伟晶岩,在该地区的富铷花岗伟晶岩中首次鉴定出褐钇铌矿,其主要产出于富石榴子石的微斜长石花岗伟晶岩中,多与石榴子石、锆石、磷钇矿、铌钽铁矿等副矿物伴生,为花岗质岩浆晚期结晶产物。电子探针分析表明,褐钇铌矿除了含有Y、Nb、REE、Ta、Ti等主要元素,还含有较高含量的放射性元素UO₂(>5%)和ThO₂(>1%);Pb、Ca和Si等元素含量低于1%,属于微量元素。所分析的褐钇铌矿属于褐钇铌矿—黄钇钽矿系列,其Nb/(Nb+Ta)值接近1;重稀土富集程度很高,属于ΣY的选择配分型矿物。由于褐钇铌矿中含有高含量的U、Th放射性元素,其可能会发生蜕晶质化,本文利用激光拉曼对褐钇铌矿的晶体结构进行分析,以探讨褐钇铌矿中高含量放射性元素对其晶体结构产生的影响。     

Magmatic–hydrothermal rare-element mineralization in the Songshugang granite (northeastern Jiangxi,China): Insights from an electron-microprobe study of Nb–Ta–Zr minerals

The Songshugang granite, hidden in the Sinian metasedimentary stratum, is a highly evolved rare-element granite in northeastern Jiangxi province, South China. The samples were systematically taken from the CK-102 drill hole at the depth of 171–423 m. Four types of rocks were divided from the bottom upwards: topaz albite granite as the main body, greisen nodules, topaz K-feldspar granite and pegmatite layer. Electron-microprobe study reveals that the rare-element minerals of the Songshugang granite are very different from those of other rare-element granites. Mn^# [Mn/(Fe + Mn)] and Ta^# [Ta/(Nb + Ta)] of columbite-group minerals and Hf^# [Hf/(Zr + Hf)] of zircon are nearly constant within each type of rocks. However, back-scattered electron imaging revealed that Nb–Ta oxides and zircon of the Songshugang granite, especially those of topaz albite granite, topaz K-feldspar granite and greisen, are commonly characterized by a specific two-stage texture on the crystal scale. The early-stage Nb–Ta oxide is simply subhedral-shaped columbite-(Fe) (CGM-I) with low Mn^# (0.16–0.37) and Ta^# (0.05–0.29). Columbite-(Fe) is penetrated by the later-stage tantalite veinlets (CGM-II) or surrounded by complex Nb–Ta–Sn–W mineral assemblages, including tantalite-(Fe), wodginite (sl), cassiterite, and ferberite. Tantalite has wide range of Mn^# values (0.15–0.88) from Fe-dominance to Mn-dominance. Wodginite with Ta>Nb has large variable concentrations of W, Sn and Ti. Cassiterite and ferberite are all enriched in Nb and Ta (Nb₂O₅ + Ta₂O₅ up to 20.12 wt.% and 31.42 wt.%, respectively), with high Ta^# (>0.5). Similar to Nb–Ta oxides and Nb–Ta–Sn–W mineral assemblages, the early-stage zircon is commonly included by the later-stage zircon with sharply boundary. They have contrasting Hf contents, and HfO₂ of the later-stage zircon is up to 28.13 wt.%. Petrographic features indicate that the early-stage of columbite and zircon were formed in magmatic environment. However, the later-stage of rare-element minerals were influenced by fluxes-enriched fluids. Tantalite, together with wodginite, cassiterite, and ferberite implies a Ta-dominant media. An interstitial fluid-rich melt enriched in Ta and flux at the magmatic–hydrothermal transitional stage is currently a favored model for explaining the later-stage of rare-element mineralization.     

稀有金属矿物溶解度对花岗伟晶岩成矿作用的制约

花岗伟晶岩型矿床是稀有金属矿床重要的类型之一。在花岗伟晶岩中,稀有金属元素Li、Be、Nb和Ta主要以独立矿物的形式存在,前人对稀有金属独立矿物在硅酸盐熔体中的溶解度及其影响因素展开了系统研究。本文综合分析了已有的实验数据,其结果表明,影响稀有金属独立矿物溶解度最为重要的2个参数是温度(T)和铝饱和指数(ASI)。因此本文建立了稀有金属独立矿物,尤其是铌锰矿和钽锰矿溶解度,与温度(T)和铝饱和指数(ASI)之间的定量关系: lg [w(Li)/10^-6]=-0.37×[1 000/(T/K)]+4.56,R²=0.44 lg [w(BeO)/10^-6]=-4.21×[1 000/(T/K)]+6.86,R²=0.91 lg [K_sp(Nb)/(mg²·kg^-2)]=-(2.86±0.14)×ASI_(Mn+Li)-(4.95±0.31)×[1 000/(T/K)]+(4.20+0.28),R²=0.86 lg [K_sp(Ta)/(mg²·kg^-2)]=-(2.46±0.11)×ASI_(Mn+Li)-(4.86±0.30)×[1 000/(T/K)]+(4.00+0.30),R²=0.80 式中,温度T为热力学温度,ASI_(Mn+Li)(ASI=Al₂O₃/(CaO+Na₂O+K₂O+Li₂O+MnO),摩尔分数比)和T的适用范围分别为0.6~1.2和1 073~1 373 K的范围内。上述公式为估算硅酸盐熔体中稀有金属含量提供了便利,为量化花岗伟晶岩成矿模型提供了基础。 稀有金属独立矿物溶解度随温度降低和铝饱和指数的增加而急剧降低,因此,在岩浆演化过程中,由岩浆侵位、分离结晶以及流体作用等因素引起的岩浆温度降低和铝饱和指数的增加,是导致稀有金属独立矿物结晶的主要机制。     

Primary compositional range and alteration trends of microlite from the yellowknife pegmatite field,Northwest territories,Canada

Summary Microlite occurs as a rare accessory mineral in beryl-columbite, beryl-columbitephosphate, complex spodumene, albite-spodumene and amblygonite type rare-element granitic pegmatites in the Archean Yellowknife pegmatite field of the Canadian Shield. The chemistry of microlite is variable but consistent with the accepted structural formula A_2–mB₂X₆Y_1–n pH₂O, where generally A = Ca,Na; B = Ta,Nb; X = O; Y = O,OH, F; m = 0 - 2; n = 0 - 1 and p = 0 - l. The chemistry of the Yellowknife microlite is dominated by Ca, Na, Ta, and Nb with minor amounts of U, Pb, Fe, Mn, and Ti. The compositions of microlite are interpreted to reflect primary variability and effects of late-stage alteration.Two principal types of microlite can be distinguished by their primary composition and alteration trends. U-poor microlite originated by the metasomatic replacement of pre-existing manganocolumbite, manganotantalite, and ferrotapiolite; with progressive alteration, its composition evolves from early Ca-rich, Fe,Mn-poor members to late Ca,Na-poor, Fe,Mn-enriched members. In contrast, U-bearing microlite formed from U-enriched, moderately fractionated pegmatitec fluids acting upon ferrocolumbite, manganocolumbite, and manganotantalite; with progressive alteration, its composition evolves from U,Ca,Na-enriched members to U,Ca,Na-poor, Fe,Mn-enriched members.

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Primärer zusammensetzungsbereich und umwandlungstrends der mikrolithe aus dem yellowknife pegmatitfeld, Northwest Territories, Kanada

Zusammenfassung Primärer Zusammensetzungsbereich und Umwandlungstrends der Mikrolithe aus dem Yellowknife Pegmatitfeld, Northwest Territories, Kanada Mikrolith kommt in den Beryll-Columbit-, Beryll-Columbit-Phosphat-, komplexen Spodumeri-, Albit-Spodumen- und Amblygonit-Typen der Seltene-Element-Granitpegmatite im archäischen Yellowknife Pegmatitfeld des Kanadischen Schildes als seltenes akzessorisches Mineral vor. Der Chemismus des Mikroliths variiert, ist aber mit der gebräuchlichen Strukturformel A_2–mB₂X_1–mY_1–n·pH₂O verträglich, mit im allgemeinen A = Ca,Na, B = Ta,Nb, X = O, m=0–2, n =O–1 und p=0–1. Der Chemismus des Yellowknife Mikroliths wird durch Ca, Na, Ta und Nb dominiert, U, Pb, Fe, Mn und Ti treten in kleineren Mengen auf. Die Zusammensetzungen des Mikroliths spiegeln die primäre Variabilität sowie die Auswirkungen späterer Umwand lungen wieder.Zwei Haupttypen des Mikroliths können nach ihrer primären Zusammensetzung und den Umwandlungstrends unterschieden werden. U-armer Mikrolith entstand durch metasomatischen Ersatz von früherem Manganocolumbit-Manganotantalit und Ferrotapiolith, mit fortschreitender Umwandlung entwickelt sich seine Zusammensetzung von frühen Ca-reichen, Fe,Mn-armen Gliedern zu späten Ca,Na-armen, Fe,Mn-angereicherten Gliedern. Im Gegensatz dazu bildete sich U-haltiger Mikrolith aus an U angerereicherten, mäßig fraktionierten pegmatitischen Fluiden, die auf Manganocolumbit-Manganotantalit einwirkten, mit fortschreitender Umwandlung entwickelt sich seine Zusammensetzung von U,Ca,Na-angereicherten Gliedern zu U,Ca,Na-armen, Mn,Feangereicherten Gliedern.

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Mineral Chemistry of Albite-Enriched Granitoids at Um Ara,Southeastern Desert,Egypt

Mineral chemistry and typomorphic characteristics are used to monitor the physicochemical evolution of late-magmatic to postmagmatic alteration processes that resulted in the development of a radioactive and albite-enriched microgranite stock. The mineral paragenesis indicates that postmagmatic fluids were enriched in Nb, Zn, Mn, U., Th, Zr, and Y, in addition to Rb, Li, and F Manganocolumbite with extremely high Nb/(Nb+Ta) (0.99), Mn/(Mn+Fe) (0.82), and zircon with high Zr/(Zr+Hf) (0.97) indicate crystallization under alkaline, relatively high-temperature conditions (>425° C). The close association of manganocolumbite, Nb-Mn-Zn- rich ilmenite (with 1.2 to 14.5 wt% ZnO), spessartine garnet (with 68.2-89.4 mol% spessartine), zircon, xenotime, zinnwaldite mica (up to 5.98 wt% F), and fluorite indicates the strong affinity of the elements of Nb, Y., Zr, Mn, and Zn for stable complexing by K⁺, Na⁺, Li⁺, and F^? rich supercritical fluids during the course of extraction and transportation.

The enrichment of the interacting fluid in U and Th is depicted by the presence of up to 1.6% UO₂ in manganocolumbite and Hf-bearing zircon, and up to 10.5% ThO₂ in monazite, in addition to locally abundant thorite and uranophane. It is suggested that the uranium mineralization, mainly as fracture fillings, formed during the waning stage of hydrothermal activity.