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Magmatic and post-magmatic Y-REE-Th phosphate, silicate and Nb-Ta-Y-REE oxide minerals in A-type metagranite: an example from the Turčok massif, the Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. Uher ,
M. Ondrejka  and
P. Konečný
P. Uher
Affiliation:
Department of Mineral Deposits, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
M. Ondrejka*
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
P. Konečný
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Slovak Republic, Mlynská dolina 1, 817 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
*
* E-mail: mondrejka@fhs.uniba.sk
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Abstract

An electron microprobe study of Y-REE-Th phosphate, silicate and Nb-Ta-Y-REE accessory-mineral assemblages revealed the compositional variations and evolution in post-orogenic, hypersolvus Permian A-type metagranite from Turčok, in the Gemeric Unit, of the Western Carpathians, eastern Slovakia. Prismatic zircon I and allanite-(Ce) are primary magmatic phases. However, the late-magmatic to early-subsolidus processes led to the formation of a more complex younger assemblage: bipyramidal zircon II, xenotime-(Y), thorite, gadolinite-hingganite-(Y), Nb-Ta-Y-REE oxide phases [fergusonite-(beta)/ samarskite-(Y), aeschynite/polycrase-(Y), and Nb-rich rutile?] and possibly monazite-(Ce). However, monazite-(Ce) and the partial alteration of allanite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y) and the Nb-Ta-Y-REE minerals are probably connected with a younger Alpine metamorphic overprint of the granite. Thorite appears as a solid solution in the thorite-xenotime-zircon series; it is also enriched in Al. Fergusonite-(beta)/ samarskite-(Y) and especially aeschynite/polycrase-(Y) show increased P, Si and Al contents.

Keywords

REE phosphates-silicatesthoritehingganite-gadoliniteY-REE-Nb-Ta mineralsA-type metagraniteWestern Carpathians
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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 73 , Issue 6 , December 2009 , pp. 1009 - 1025
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2009

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