Diopside from Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


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Inner Mongolia Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture) Bayan Obo mining district Bayan Obo ⓘ Bayan Obo deposit	Zhang, Shuan-Hong, Zhao, Yue, Li, Qiu-Li, Hu, Zhao-Chu, Chen, Zhen-Yu (2017) First identification of baddeleyite related/linked to contact metamorphism from carbonatites in the world's largest REE deposit, Bayan Obo in North China Craton. Lithos, 284. 654-665 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.05.015 Jinsha Xu, Guaming Yang, Guowu Li, Zhilan Wu, and Ganfu Shen (2008): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 28(3), 237-243 Jinsha Xu and Ganfu Shen (2005): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 25(3), 213-216 Zonglin Hou (1989): Geology and Prospecting 25(7), 1-5, 22 Qingchang Meng (1981): Geology and Prospecting 17(3), 10-17 Liu, Taotao, Wenlei Song, Jindrich Kynicky, Jinkun Yang, Qian Chen, and Haiyan Tang. 2022. "Automated Quantitative Characterization REE Ore Mineralogy from the Giant Bayan Obo Deposit, Inner Mongolia, China" Minerals 12, no. 4: 426. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040426
ⓘ East Mine	Hongrui Fan, Yihan Xie, and Kaiyi Wang (2002): Mineral Deposits 21(suppl.), 808-811
ⓘ Eastern contact zone	Yi-Li, Chang-Ke, Hong-She, Deng-Wang, Xu, Cheng, An-Wang, Rui-Li, Zi-Peng, Ze-Zhu, Kui-Yang, Chen, Wei, Jian-Zi, Wen-Song, Yong-Zhao, Zhang, Li, Yu, Hong, Guo, Bin, Sheng-Zhou, Xing-Yuan, Jing-Liu (2023) Geology and mineralization of the Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-type REE-Nb-Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China: A review. China Geology, 6 (4) 716-750 doi:10.31035/cg2023082
ⓘ Main pit	Smith, M.P. (2007): Lithos 93(1/2), 126-148.

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