rareelement granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil Hartmut Beurlen...Borborema Pegmatitic Province (BPP), northeastern Brazil, is historically important for tantalum mining...n., Cidade Universitária, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil e-mail: beurlen@terra.com.br M. R. R. Da Silva...n., Cidade Universitária, 50740-530 Recife, PE, Brazil M. R. R. Da Silva e-mail: marcelor@ufpe.br R. Thomas...possible exploration tool, to trace the degree of pegmatite fractionation and to classify the pegmatites.