Rare earth minerals
Subtitle: chemistry, origin and ore deposits
By: edited by Adrian P. Jones, Frances Wall and C. Terry Williams
Contributors: Jones, Adrian P; Wall, Frances; Williams, C. Terry
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Mineralogical Society series -- 7
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Rare earth metals; Mineralogical chemistry; Minerals; Ore deposits
Description: This is the first book to give an overview of this geologically and industrially important group of minerals. The book concentrates on the minerals themselves rather than whole rock geochemistry, and presents a wide range of information - crystal structures, petrographic descriptions, analytical data and numerous illustrations from outcrop photos to SEM pictures and crystallographic models.

The book starts with an expert review of the geochemical behaviour of Rare Earth elements, and an up-to-date review of Rare Earth minerals based on crystal structures and a new classification of perovskite. There is a chapter on pressure and temperature stabilities of some igneous RE minerals based on experimental work, and a chapter on RE minerals in China (with geological maps) much of which is entirely new.

Subsequent chapters have been selected to illustrate the wide variety of different geological settings where RE minerals occur, from alkaline igneous rocks through hydrothermal ores and metamorphic skarns to very recent work on RE-mineralized carbonatites and laterites and bauxites. This book will be essential reading for research workers in mineralogy, geology, materials science and economic geology. It will also be a valuable source of information for third-year earth science undergraduates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index