| Textures and Chemical Compositions of Nb-Bearing Minerals and Nb Mineralization in the Shuangshan Nepheline Syenite Pluton, East Qinling, China |
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The Shuangshan alkaline complex located in the Henan province of China is a newly discovered, potentially giant niobium (Nb) deposit. A variety of Nb-bearing minerals including pyrochlore, zircon, and titanite have been identified in this deposit. Distinct textural and chemical differences of pyrochlore and zircon indicate that both have different origins. The magmatic pyrochlore and zircon both have euhedral grains with small sizes. On the other hand, hydrothermal pyrochlore is mainly intergrown on the edge or inside of hydrothermal zircon in the form of an aggregate. Compared with magmatic pyrochlore, the contents of F, Ca, and Na in hydrothermal pyrochlore are obviously high. The texture and composition of hydrothermal pyrochlore and zircon indicate that Ca-bearing hydrothermal alteration resulted in the migration of Nb from Nb-bearing zircon and the reprecipitation of Nb to form aggregate pyrochlore. However, the quantitative calculation shows that the amount of Nb migrated from zircon is very small. Therefore, this study suggests that hydrothermal alteration plays a certain role in the redistribution of Nb, but the enrichment of Nb is limited.
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MINERALS Volume11 Issue11 Article Number1163 DOI10.3390/min11111163 Published NOV 2021 |
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Wang, Hong; Tang, Yong; Xu, Yu-Sheng; Zhang, Hui; Lv, Zheng-Hang; Qin, Shan-Xian; Song, Ying-Wei |
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Corresponding author(s) |
TANG Yong
tangyong@vip.gyig.ac.cn
Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, Key Lab High Temp & High Pressure Study Earths In, Guiyang 550081, Peoples R China | View here for the details
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