ApatiteCapoeira mine, Parelhas, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Photo: SMS 2005 A Li-Cs-Be-Ta-bearing zoned pegmatite dated at 509.5 ± 29 Ma.
References
- Baumgartner, R., Romer, R.L., Moritz, R., Sallet, R., and Chiaradia, M. (2006) Columbite-tantalite-bearing granitic pegmatites from the Seridó belt, northeastern Brazil: Genetic constraints from U=Pb dating and Pb isotopes. Canadian Mineralogist: 44: 69-86.
- Beurlen, H., Da Silva, M.R.R., Thomas, R., Soares, D.R., and Olivier, P. (2008): Nb–Ta–(Ti–Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 43, 207-228.
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