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30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and Ireland
Rare Earth Minerals presents a current overview of this geologically and industrially important group of minerals. It presents a wide variety of formats, crystal structures, petrographic descriptions, analytical data and numerous illustrations from outcrop photos to SEM pictures and crystallographic models.
Sommario
General review and introduction to rare earths. Crystal chemical aspects of rare earth minerals. Perovskites. Magmatic stabilities and liquidus phase relationships. Formation of rare earth element minerals in hydrothermal systems. Langersundfjord minerals. Thor Lake Be-Y-rare earth element deposit, Northwest Territorities, Canada, Rare earth minerals in carbonatites. Rare earth minerals and rare earth elements in laterites formed on the alkaline complexes of Araxa and Catalao, Brazil. Authigenic rare earth minerals in karstic nickel deposits. Review of rare earth minerals from the Kola Peninsula. Rare earth element deposits in China. Analysis methods.
Riassunto
30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and IrelandRare Earth Minerals presents a current overview of this geologically and industrially important group of minerals.
Relazione
Both researchers in mineralogy and economic geology and advanced undergraduate students will find much of interest in this comprehensive overview of the geochemistry of this important group of minerals. - Aslib Book Guide; ...strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in RE minerals in general and their deposits in particular; in fact, it can be regarded as essential reading. - Mineralogical Magazine
