Rare earth element (REE)-enriched granitic pegmatite pockets of Lagoa Real Uranium Province, Brazil

DeFerreira, Tiago Henrique; Oliveira, Lucilia Aparecida Ramos de; Amorim, Lucas Eustáquio Dias; Pedrosa, Tércio Assunção; Ríos, Francisco Javier

doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2021.125810

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“…The occurrences of thorite, thorutite, britholite, cerite, and aeschynite are indications of several stages of mineralization. The enrichment of Th and REE-minerals supposed mineralization begins with the occurrences of carbonatite magma with high content of high field strength elements (HFSE) [51] and followed by a hydrothermal alteration process which produces minerals that form at low temperatures [52].…”

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Elemental Mapping for Characterizing of Thorium and Rare Earth Elements (REE) Bearing Minerals Using µXRF

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Thorium (Th) anomaly was found in Adang Volcanic Complexes, Mamuju Area, West Sulawesi. This element is associated with high-value elements, the rare earth elements (REE). The minerals containing Th and REE were found in veins mineralization with various types of minerals which are very difficult to identify by conventional method. This research aims to understand the distribution and characterization of Th and REE in individual minerals, using Micro X-Ray Fluorescence (µXRF) analysis and completed by Advanced Minerals Identification and Characterization System (AMICS) software. The samples were collected from vein mineralization in Hulu Mamuju Sector. The contents of Th and REE that were analyzed using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) completed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) are 11,550-74,480 ppm and 6,244.15-48,036.87 ppm, respectively. The minerals that contain Th and REE are britholite ((Ce,Ca) 5 (SiO 4 ) 3 OH), aeschynite (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb) 2 (O,OH) 6 , cerite (Ce,Ca) 9 (Mg,Fe)(SiO 4 ) 3 (HSiO 4 ) 4 (OH) 3 , monazite (REE,Th(PO 4 )), thorite (Th(SiO 4 )), and thorutite (Th,U,Ca)Ti 2 (O,OH) 6 associated with other minerals such as pyrite, actinolite, apatite, ilmenite, hematite, zircon and ankerite. Some minerals are uncommon minerals and are only characterized by detailed elemental mapping. The variety of minerals shows the condition of mineralization influenced by carbonatite magma and the hydrothermal process of mineralization.

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