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Nb and REE Distribution in the Monte Verde Carbonatite-Alkaline-Agpaitic Complex (Angola)

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العنوان: Nb and REE Distribution in the Monte Verde Carbonatite-Alkaline-Agpaitic Complex (Angola)
المؤلفون: Amores Casals, Sandra, Gonçalves, Antonio Olimpio, Molist, Joan Martí, Melgarejo i Draper, Joan-Carles
المصدر: Articles publicats en revistes (Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
بيانات النشر: MDPI
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona
مصطلحات موضوعية: Roques plutòniques, Roques ígnies alcalines, Angola, Plutonic rocks, Alkalic igneous rocks
الوصف: The Angolan alkaline-carbonatite complex of Monte Verde has a semi-circular shape and is comprised of a central intrusion of foidolite rocks surrounded by concentrically arranged minor bodies of other alkaline rocks and carbonatite magmatic breccias. This rock association is hosted by fenitized Eburnean granites. Concentric swarms of alkaline dykes of late formation, mostly of nepheline trachyte composition, crosscut the previous units. Most high-field strength elements (HFSE) and rare earth elements (REE) are concentrated in pyrochlore crystals in the carbonatite and alkaline breccias. Magmatic fluornatropyrochlore is replaced and overgrown by five secondary generations of pyrochlore formed during subsolidus stages and have higher Th, REE, Si, U, Sr, Ba, Zr, and Ti contents. The second, third, and fourth pyrochlore generations are associated with late fluids also producing quartz and REE rich minerals; whereas fifth and sixth pyrochlore generations are linked to the fenitization process. On the other hand, minerals of the rinkite, rosenbuschite, wöhlerite, eudialyte groups, as well as loparite-(Ce), occur in accessory amounts in nepheline trachyte, recording low to moderate agpaicity. In addition, minor REE-bearing carbonates, silicates, and phosphates crystallize as late minor secondary minerals into carbonatite breccia and alkaline dykes. In conclusion, the scarcity of HFSE and REE minerals at the Monte Verde carbonatite-alkaline-agpaitic complex suggests low metallogenetic interest and economic potential for the outcrops analysed in this study. However, the potential for buried resources should not be neglected.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: 27 p.; application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2075-163X
Relation: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010005; Minerals, 2019, vol. 10, num. 1, p. 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010005; http://hdl.handle.net/2445/157540; 695227
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/157540
Rights: cc-by (c) Amores Casals, Sandra et al., 2019 ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.C9C364E1
قاعدة البيانات: BASE