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Bastos Neto, Artur C.; Hadlich, Ingrid W.; Dill, Harald G.; Pereira, Vitor P. (2026) REE Mineralogical Evolution in a F-Rich Peralkaline System: A Review on the REE Mineralization Associated with the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite (REE, U, Th, Zr, Li) Deposit (Amazonas, Brazil). Minerals, 16 (4). p.417. doi:10.3390/min16040417

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TitleREE Mineralogical Evolution in a F-Rich Peralkaline System: A Review on the REE Mineralization Associated with the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite (REE, U, Th, Zr, Li) Deposit (Amazonas, Brazil)
JournalMinerals
AuthorsBastos Neto, Artur C.Author
Hadlich, Ingrid W.Author
Dill, Harald G.Author
Pereira, Vitor P.Author
Year2026 (April 17)Volume16
Page(s)417Issue4
PublisherMDPI AG
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DOIdoi:10.3390/min16040417Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceBastos Neto, Artur C.; Hadlich, Ingrid W.; Dill, Harald G.; Pereira, Vitor P. (2026) REE Mineralogical Evolution in a F-Rich Peralkaline System: A Review on the REE Mineralization Associated with the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite (REE, U, Th, Zr, Li) Deposit (Amazonas, Brazil). Minerals, 16 (4). p.417. doi:10.3390/min16040417
Plain TextBastos Neto, Artur C.; Hadlich, Ingrid W.; Dill, Harald G.; Pereira, Vitor P. (2026) REE Mineralogical Evolution in a F-Rich Peralkaline System: A Review on the REE Mineralization Associated with the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-Cryolite (REE, U, Th, Zr, Li) Deposit (Amazonas, Brazil). Minerals, 16 (4). p.417. doi:10.3390/min16040417
In(2026, March) Minerals Vol. 16 (4). MDPI AG
Abstract/NotesThis study is centered on REE distribution in several minerals exhibiting exceptionally rare mineralogical and chemical compositions in the 1.8 Ga albite-enriched granite (AEG) in Madeira. This is a peralkaline A-type granite and corresponds to the Madeira Sn-Nb-Ta-cryolite (REE, Th, U, Zr, Li) world-class deposit (195 Mt) (Amazonas, Brazil). The REE mineralization ranks among the major deposits associated with alkaline and peralkaline magmatism in intracontinental and extensional anorogenic environments in terms of tonnage and grades. However, with respect to REE paragenesis and structure, it differs from all other known REE deposits. The REE mineralization (xenotime, gagarinite, fluocerite, thorite, pyrochlore, zircon, fluorite, and cryolite) is disseminated and zoned. In addition, in the central part of the deposit, there is a massive hydrothermal cryolite body, whose feasibility for REE extracting has been demonstrated. The evolution of rare earth minerals followed a precise order, with minimal formation of compound minerals and minerals with compositions distinct from their typical occurrences. Small pegmatites very rich in xenotime and gagarinite occur in the core AEG. These characteristics are due to the very high F activity in the magma, buffered by cryolite crystallization, to progressive, undisturbed crystallization from the margins toward the center, and to minimal CO2 activity. The alteration of primary REE minerals by F-rich hydrothermal fluids, the origin of these fluids, and the formation of secondary REE minerals are also discussed.

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Madeira pluton, Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil A-type granite, Agglomerate, Albite, Alkali Feldspar, Amphibole Supergroup, Annite, Biotite, Biotite granite, Cassiterite, Chiolite, Chlorite Group, Coffinite, Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series, Cryolite, Feldspar Group, Fergusonite-(Y), Fluocerite-(Ce), Fluorite, Gagarinite, Gagarinite-(Y), Galena, Genthelvite, Granite, Halloysite, Hematite, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Monazite Group, Orthoclase, Pegmatite, Plagioclase, Polylithionite, Porphyrite, Porphyritic granite, Pyrochlore Group, Quartz, Rapakivi granite, Riebeckite, Sphalerite, Thomsenolite, Thorite, Uraninite, Waimirite-(Y), Xenotime, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon


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