Nb and REE minerals from the Virulundo carbonatite (Namibe, Angola)

The Virulundo carbonatite is located in SW Angola, in the Namibe province, and is one of the biggest carbonatite outcrops in the world. It is a Cretaceous subvolcanic plug, which belongs to the Parana-Namibia-Angola alkaline-carbonatitic province. It is found intruding Early Archean granitoids, whic...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Torró i Abat, Lisard, Villanova de Benavent, Cristina, Castillo Oliver, Montgarri, Campeny, Marc, Gonçalves, Antonio Olimpo, Melgarejo i Draper, Joan-Carles
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/183827
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/183827
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Mineralogia
Jaciments minerals
Angola
Mineralogy
Mineral deposits
Descrição
Resumo:The Virulundo carbonatite is located in SW Angola, in the Namibe province, and is one of the biggest carbonatite outcrops in the world. It is a Cretaceous subvolcanic plug, which belongs to the Parana-Namibia-Angola alkaline-carbonatitic province. It is found intruding Early Archean granitoids, which are fenitized on the contact.