Occurrence of Samarskite-Y in the Mineralized Umm Lassifa Pegmatite, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Samarskite-Y, with an average assay of about 43.23% Nb2O5 and 17.43% Y2O5has been identifid in the mineralized pegmatite bodies injected in Gabal Umm Lassifa monzogranite. The mineral is associated with columbite, zircon, monazite, cassiterite, ilmenite and rutile. The mineralogy and geochemistry...

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Main Author: Mohamed Fahmy Raslan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Survey of Slovenia 2015-12-01
Series:Geologija
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Online Access:http://www.geologija-revija.si/dokument.aspx?id=1260