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Ore Geology Reviews, 65. 979-989 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.07.008 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | OREGEO-01277; No of Pages 11 Ore Geology Reviews xxx (2014) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect...com/locate/oregeorev In situ U–Pb isotopic dating of columbite–tantalite by LA–ICP–MS Xu-Dong Che a,⁎, Fu-Yuan Wu b, Ru-Cheng...Columbite–tantalite (coltan) U–Pb dating LA–ICP–MS Matrix effect Nanping pegmatite Altai No.3 pegmatite Dahe...Dahe pegmatite Yichun a b s t r a c t Columbite–tantalite (Coltan) is the most important niobium (Nb)-...commonly occurring in rare metal granite and pegmatite, alkaline granite, syenite and carbonatite. Its | | Graupner, T., Melcher, F., Gäbler, H.-E., Sitnikova, M., Brätz, H., Bahr, A. (2010) Rare earth element geochemistry of columbite-group minerals: LA-ICP-MS data. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 691-713 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.691 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | concentrations and distribution patterns of columbite-tantalite minerals from Ta-ore provinces worldwide are presented...groups of the REE (e.g. heavy REEN/middle REEN), and (3) the presence and intensity of anomalies (e.g. Ce*...during progressive evolution of the melt in a pegmatite body (either Nb ? Ta or Fe ? Mn fractionation...K EY WORDS : LCT family pegmatites, columbite-tantalite, REE geochemistry, LA-ICP-MS data. Introduction... Ln3++Ti4+) or a samarskite-type (2A2++B5+ ? 3(Ln+Fe)3+) substitution mechanism. In pyrochlore-group | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 3749/canmin.1600010 A TECTONIC EVALUATION OF PEGMATITE PARENT GRANITES SARAH L. HANSON Adrian College...suggested by the acronyms. The relationship between pegmatite family and granite tectonic type were re-examined...published granite compositions as a proxy for initial pegmatite composition, with special regard to the orogenic...diagrams for these granites suggest that LCT granite-pegmatite systems originate in orogenic and perhaps less...from each tectonic setting are reflected in the pegmatite mineralogy. Granite that is parental to LCT pegmatites | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 3,4, *, Dongmei Tang 2,3 and Chunlong Wang 5 1 2 3 4 5 * Citation: Zhou, Q.; Qin...Altai orogenic belt hosting more than 100,000 pegmatite dykes is famous for rare-metal resources worldwide...LA-ICP-MS for muscovite from the typical REL pegmatite dykes of the Chinese Altai. The studied pegmatites...evolution degree and the lenses from the Nb-Ta pegmatite are produced at late fluid-rich stage with high...a Nb-Ta-Sn-W rich pegmatite magma for the Be-Nb-Ta pegmatite. From barren pegmatite, beryl-bearing zone | | Zhou, Qifeng, Qin, Kezhang, Tang, Dongmei, Wang, Chunlong, Tian, Ye, Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah (2015) Mineralogy of the Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite, Altai, NW China: implications for evolution and melt–fluid processes of rare-metal pegmatites. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27 (3) 433-457 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2443 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PrePub Article Mineralogy of the Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite, Altai, NW China: implications for evolution...Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing...Legon-Accra, Ghana Abstract: The Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite is the largest Li-Be-Nb-Ta-Cs pegmatitic rare-metal...beryl from the outer to inner zones of the No. 3 pegmatite. From previous studies on tourmaline and beryl...beryl, potential tracers of the degree of pegmatite evolution could be found by comparing with accepted | | Yin, Rong, Huang, Xiao-Long, Xu, Yi-Gang, Wang, Ru-Cheng, Wang, He, Yuan, Chao, Ma, Qiang, Sun, Xiao-Ming, Chen, Lin-Li (2020) Mineralogical constraints on the magmatic–hydrothermal evolution of rare-elements deposits in the Bailongshan granitic pegmatites, Xinjiang, NW China. Lithos, 352. 105208 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105208 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Journal Pre-proof Abstract The Bailongshan pegmatite district in south Xinjiang Province, NW China...saccharoidal albite zone (zone I), a graphic ro pegmatite zone (zone II), a blocky microcline zone (zone...magmatic-hydrothermal lP evolution of the Bailongshan pegmatite. Lithium, Be, Rb, Nb, Ta, and Sn are major na...in Canada, Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite in northwest China, and Greenbushes pegmatite in Western Australia...distributed within the Altai pegmatite district in the northwest, Jiajika pegmatite district in the southwest | | Kesler, Stephen E., Gruber, Paul W., Medina, Pablo A., Keoleian, Gregory A., Everson, Mark P., Wallington, Timothy J. (2012) Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 48. 55-69 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.05.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Global lithium resources: Relative importance of pegmatite, brine and other deposits Stephen E. Kesler a...2012 Accepted 3 May 2012 Available online 14 May 2012 Keywords: Lithium Resource Pegmatite Brine Salar...geological features of the best characterized pegmatite, brine and other types of lithium deposits and...an order of magnitude larger than the average pegmatite deposit (0.11 Mt Li) and that brine deposits,...for large-scale, long-term production than do pegmatite deposits. However, individual brine deposits differ | | | Journal (issue) | Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria Volume 3, Number 2 December 1997 ISSN 1323-7640 CONTENTS ... Page Feature Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ...........minerals associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser...Melbourne, Victoria 300 I, Australia Tel: 61 3 9669 9892 Fax: 61: 3 9663 3669 EMail: dhenry@mov.vic.gov.au...Mineralogical Society of Victoria. See page 90. Vol 3. No 2, December 1997 'l{ptes from the, 'Editor INDEX | | Zhou, Qifeng, Qin, Kezhang, Tang, Dongmei, Tian, Ye, Cao, Mingjian, Wang, Chunlong (2015) Formation Age and Evolution Time Span of the Koktokay No. 3 Pegmatite, Altai, NW China: Evidence from U-Pb Zircon and40Ar-39Ar Muscovite Ages. Resource Geology, 65 (3) 210-231 doi:10.1111/rge.12067 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | doi: 10.1111/rge.12067 Resource Geology Vol. 65, No. 3: 210–231 Original Article Formation Age and Evolution...Evolution Time Span of the Koktokay No. 3 Pegmatite, Altai, NW China: Evidence from U–Pb Zircon and 40Ar–39Ar... Beijing, China 2 Abstract The Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite is the largest Li–Be–Nb–Ta–Cs pegmatitic rare-metal...mineralization peak, hydrothermal stage of the No. 3 pegmatite are in ranges of 193–198 Ma, 184–187 Ma and...3 Ma and 173.1 ± 3.9 Ma, respectively. The No. 3 pegmatite formed in the early Jurassic. The results of | | Küster, Dirk, Romer, Rolf L., Tolessa, Dandena, Zerihun, Desta, Bheemalingeswara, K., Melcher, Frank, Oberthür, Thomas (2009) The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, U–Pb age and Ta mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 44 (7) 723-750 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0240-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 1007/s00126-009-0240-8 ARTICLE The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, U–Pb age...Abstract The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, a globally important tantalite source in the Neoproterozoic Adola...corresponds to the spodumene subtype of the rareelement pegmatite class and belongs to the lithium–cesium– tantalum...tantalum petrogenetic family. The Kenticha pegmatite is asymmetrically zoned from bottom to top into granitic...an internal geochemical differentiation of the pegmatite sheet proceeding from the lower zone (K/Rb ~36 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ca. 1000 Ma. Keywords: granitic pegmatite, LCT pegmatite, NYF pegmatite, secular trends, supercontinent...et al. 1979, Tkachev 2011). Our tabulation of pegmatite ages builds on that of Tkachev (2011), but we...to the comprehensive book by London (2008). Pegmatite Geochronometers Although granitic pegmatites are...precise, accurate ages have proven elusive for many pegmatite occurrences, especially those in the LCT family...other plutonic rocks, the conventional K-Ar method is no longer used for pegmatites, having been superseded | | Yin, Rong, Wang, Ru Cheng, Zhang, Ai-Cheng, Hu, Huan, Zhu, Jin Chu, Rao, Can, Zhang, Hui (2015) CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND LATE-STAGE RE-EQUILIBRATION OF Zr-Hf-U-BEARING COLUMBITE-GROUP MINERALS IN THE KOKTOKAY NO. 1 GRANITIC PEGMATITE, ALTAI, NORTHWESTERN CHINA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (3) 461-478 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400091 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | COLUMBITE-GROUP MINERALS IN THE KOKTOKAY NO. 1 GRANITIC PEGMATITE, ALTAI, NORTHWESTERN CHINA RONG YIN, RU...Guiyang, 550002, China ABSTRACT The Koktokay No. 1 pegmatite in northwestern China is a highly fractionated...Li-Cs-Ta (LCT)-type granitic pegmatite. As main Nb-Ta oxides in this pegmatite, columbite-group minerals...processes of crystallization and evolution of this pegmatite. Columbite-group minerals record large variations...be a result of fractional crystallization of pegmatite magma. The concentrations of ZrO2, HfO2, and UO2 | | Wang, Zhen, Li, Jiankang, Chen, Zhenyu, Yan, Qinggao, Xiong, Xin, Li, Peng, Deng, Jingyi (2021) Evolution and Li Mineralization of the No. 134 Pegmatite in the Jiajika Rare-Metal Deposit, Western Sichuan, China: Constrains from Critical Minerals. Minerals, 12 (1) 45 doi:10.3390/min12010045 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Article Evolution and Li Mineralization of the No. 134 Pegmatite in the Jiajika Rare-Metal Deposit, Western...*, Qinggao Yan 1,3 , Xin Xiong 1 , Peng Li 1 1 2 3 4 * Citation: Wang, Z.; Li,...J. Evolution and Li Mineralization of the No. 134 Pegmatite in the Jiajika Rare-Metal Deposit, Western...deposit in Asia, and the No. 134 pegmatite dike is the largest lithium pegmatite under mining conditions...characterization of textures and minerals in the Jiajika No. 134 pegmatite, two zones (the barren Zone I and the spodumene | | Khromykh, Sergey V., Oitseva, Tatiana A., Kotler, Pavel D., D’yachkov, Boris A., Smirnov, Sergey Z., Travin, Alexey V., Vladimirov, Alexander G., Sokolova, Ekaterina N., Kuzmina, Oxana N., Mizernaya, Marina A., Agaliyeva, Bakytgul’ B. (2020) Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition and Petrogenetic Implications. Minerals, 10 (11) 1017 doi:10.3390/min10111017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minerals Article Rare-Metal Pegmatite Deposits of the Kalba Region, Eastern Kazakhstan: Age, Composition...1,2, *, Tatiana A. Oitseva 3 , Pavel D. Kotler 1,2 , Boris A. D’yachkov 3 , Sergey Z. Smirnov 1,4 , Alexey..., Oxana N. Kuzmina 3 , Marina A. Mizernaya 3 and Bakytgul’ B. Agaliyeva 3 1 2 3 4 * V.S. Sobolev...abundant in the Central-Kalba ore district, where pegmatite bodies occur at the top of large granite plutons...metallogenic event between 291 and 286 Ma. The pegmatite mineral deposits formed synchronously with the | | Lv, Zheng-Hang, Zhang, Hui, Tang, Yong, Liu, Yun-Long, Zhang, Xin (2018) Petrogenesis of syn-orogenic rare metal pegmatites in the Chinese Altai: Evidences from geology, mineralogy, zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope. Ore Geology Reviews, 95. 161-181 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.02.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Xin Zhang PII: DOI: Reference: S0169-1368(17)30689-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.02.022 OREGEO...confirmed. In contrast to the granitic pegmatite, the anatetic pegmatite has no relation to granite. It is therefore...the largest pegmatite provinces, the Chinese Altai provides a natural laboratory for pegmatite study. To...metapegmatite, pegmatoid, pegmatite, pseudopegmatite and granite pegmatite, are identified by their CMS...and/or post-orogenic pegmatites in the same pegmatite field. No parental granite can be confirmed for all | | Suo, Qingyu, Shen, Ping, Luo, Yaoqing, Li, Changhao, Feng, Haoxuan, Cao, Chong, Pan, Hongdi, Bai, Yingxiong (2022) Beryl Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Constraints on the Be Enrichment in the Dakalasu No.1 Pegmatite, Altai, NW China. Minerals, 12 (4) 450 doi:10.3390/min12040450 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Constraints on the Be Enrichment in the Dakalasu No.1 Pegmatite, Altai, NW China Qingyu Suo 1,2,3 , Ping Shen...1,3,4 , Hongdi Pan 5 and Yingxiong Bai 1,2,3 1 2 3 4 5 * Citation: Suo, Q.; Shen...Constraints on the Be Enrichment in the Dakalasu No.1 Pegmatite, Altai, NW China. Minerals 2022, 12, 450. https://doi...cn; Tel.: +86-010-82998189 Abstract: The Dakalasu No.1 pegmatitic rare-element deposit is a representative...important beryllium-carrying mineral in Dakalasu No.1 pegmatite. To constrain the concentration mechanism of | | Zhu, Ze-Ying, Wang, Ru-Cheng, Che, Xu-Dong, Zhu, Jin-Chu, Wei, Xing-Lin, Huang, Xiao'e (2015) Magmatic–hydrothermal rare-element mineralization in the Songshugang granite (northeastern Jiangxi, China): Insights from an electron-microprobe study of Nb–Ta–Zr minerals. Ore Geology Reviews, 65. 749-760 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.07.021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | OREGEO-01290; No of Pages 12 Ore Geology Reviews xxx (2014) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect...greisen nodules, topaz K-feldspar granite and pegmatite layer. Electron-microprobe study reveals that...Columbite-(Fe) is penetrated by the later-stage tantalite veinlets (CGM-II) or surrounded by complex Nb–Ta–Sn–W...assemblages, including tantalite-(Fe), wodginite (sl), cassiterite, and ferberite. Tantalite has wide range of...minerals were influenced by fluxes-enriched fluids. Tantalite, together with wodginite, cassiterite, and ferberite | | | Report (chapter) | geological studies . 3 Pegmatites in the Falcon Lake-West Hawk Lake area . Lucy pegmatite. Results of the...drill program . ..... . .. . . . Artdon pegmatite Subsurface pegmatite on the Alan 27 claim .... .. . . ...... . . ... . . Molly and Bendum claim s Deer pegmatite , West Hawk Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . ... . . . . . . . Found , Found 2 and Found 3 claims ... .. ... . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . ....Lake .. ... . . . ... ..... .. . . . . . Beryl pegmatite north of Telford. 7 7 9 9 12 12 12 15 16 17 17 | | Yan, Qing-He, Qiu, Zeng-Wang, Wang, He, Wang, Min, Wei, Xiao-Peng, Li, Pei, Zhang, Rong-Qing, Li, Cong-Ying, Liu, Jian-ping (2018) Age of the Dahongliutan rare metal pegmatite deposit, West Kunlun, Xinjiang (NW China): Constraints from LA–ICP–MS U–Pb dating of columbite-(Fe) and cassiterite. Ore Geology Reviews, 100. 561-573 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.11.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | com/locate/oregeo Age of the Dahongliutan rare metal pegmatite deposit, West Kunlun, Xinjiang (NW China): Constraints...online xxxx Keywords: Dahongliutan rare metal pegmatite deposit Kunlun orogenic belt Columbite-(Fe) and...Dahongliutan is a medium-size Li–Be–Ta–Nb rare metal pegmatite deposit in the Tianshuihai terrane, West Kunlun...represents the emplacement age of the pegmatite dikes. The ore-hosting pegmatite dikes are intimately time-space...reserves in China, implying that the Dahongliutan pegmatite deposit may also have favorable oreforming conditions | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | rare-element pegmatites and 1 barren pegmatite in the Borborema Pegmatite Province of NE Brazil, and also...consistent with increasing differentiation of a pegmatite magma. Previous studies supposed a continuous...to the maximum value of 1.8 wt.%. The barren pegmatite and leucogranite contain schorl–dravite only....which comes close to the total known diversity of pegmatite tourmalines worldwide and is much broader than...leucogranite (−15.1 to −13.4‰, n = 3). However, more than 80% of the pegmatite tourmalines define a “main range” | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MANGANOAN-TANTALIAN CASSITERITE, ANNIE CLAIM #3 GRANITIC PEGMATITE, SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA, CANADA MORGAN MASAU...of the Archean Annie Claim #3 zoned, lepidolite-subtype granitic pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba, in...from the outer to the inner pegmatite zones. Rare inclusions of tantalite and ferrotapiolite originated...mimic those of the primary cassiterite across the pegmatite zones, and Zr/Hf perceptibly decreases from the...ferrowodginite, zirconium, hafnium, granitic pegmatite, Manitoba. SOMMAIRE Une cassitérite primaire | | Li, Peng, Li, Jiankang, Liu, Xiang, Li, Chao, Huang, Zhibiao, Zhou, Fangchun (2020) Geochronology and source of the rare-metal pegmatite in the Mufushan area of the Jiangnan orogenic belt: A case study of the giant Renli Nb–Ta deposit in Hunan, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 116. 103237 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103237 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Pre-proofs Geochronology and source of the rare-metal pegmatite in the Mufushan area of the Jiangnan orogenic...Zhou, Geochronology and source of the rare-metal pegmatite in the Mufushan area of the Jiangnan orogenic... Geochronology and source of the rare-metal pegmatite in the Mufushan area of the Jiangnan orogenic...high-grade granitic-pegmatite-type Nb–Ta deposits in China. Columbite–tantalite U–Pb dating has been...columbite grains, obtained from the microcline–albite pegmatite of the Renli deposit, exhibit a concordant laser | | Tang, Yong, Zhao, Jing-Yu, Zhang, Hui, Cai, Da-Wei, Lv, Zheng-Hang, Liu, Yun-Long, Zhang, Xin (2017) Precise columbite-(Fe) and zircon U-Pb dating of the Nanping No. 31 pegmatite vein in northeastern Cathaysia Block, SE China. Ore Geology Reviews, 83. 300-311 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.040 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | columbite-(Fe) and zircon U-Pb dating of the Nanping No. 31 pegmatite vein in northeastern Cathaysia Block, SE China...Nanping pegmatite Columbite-(Fe) U-Pb dating Zircon Hf isotope a b s t r a c t The Nanping pegmatite deposit...Columbite-group minerals from zone I in the Nanping No. 31 pegmatite vein belong to columbite-(Fe). The compositions...this pegmatite vein to approximately 387 Ma. Zircon eHf(t) values from the Nanping No. 31 pegmatite range...from 2107 to 2246 Ma, implying that the Nanping pegmatite-forming melts are derived from Paleoproterozoic | | Wang, Ru, Cheng Che, Xu, Dong Zhang, Wen, Lan Zhang, Ai, Cheng Zhang, Hui (2009) Geochemical evolution and late re-equilibration of NaCs-rich beryl from the Koktokay #3 pegmatite (Altai, NW China) European Journal of Mineralogy, 21 (4) 795-809 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1936 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | re-equilibration of Na–Cs-rich beryl from the Koktokay #3 pegmatite (Altai, NW China) RU CHENG WANG1,*, XU DONG CHE1...Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China 3 Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences...Cs-rich beryl were studied in the Koktokay #3 pegmatite, Altai district, China. Complex internal textures...between outer (I–IV) and inner (V–VII) zones of the pegmatite. Primary beryl in outer zones contains 0.16–0...relationship indicates a two-step hydrothermal alteration. (3) The third is Na-enriched beryl that occurs as a marginal |
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