The Asian continent consists of many continental blocks that assembled during the
Phanerozoic, accompanied by widespread granitoids. By compiling a series of digital maps …

Pegmatitic rocks are very coarse-grained basement rocks abundant in quartz, feldspar
or/and mica, in places, endowed either with mega crystals of the aforementioned rock …

The Chinese Altai orogen is a typical domain of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and in
previous syntheses was divided into six tectonic units (or terranes). In this paper, 41 new …

The rising demand of strategic metals, especially lithium, necessitates discovery of new
resources to meet the global supply chain. Recently, several pegmatite-hosted rare metal (Li …

Columbite–tantalite (Coltan) is the most important niobium (Nb)-and tantalum (Ta)-bearing
economic mineral, commonly occurring in rare metal granite and pegmatite, alkaline granite …

In this paper we present a review of mineral systems in northern **njiang, NW China,
focussing on the Tianshan, West and East Junggar and Altay orogenic belts, all of which are …

Paleozoic granitoid magmatism played an important role in the tectonic evolution of the
Chinese Altai, and zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions have been determined for …

Many rare metals used today are derived from granitic pegmatites, but debate continues
about the origin of these rocks. It is clear that some pegmatites represent the most highly …

The petrogenesis of the isolated pegmatites from granites is under debate. In the Chinese
Altai, massive isolated pegmatites have been regarded as derivatives of granitic melts …

The Bailongshan pegmatite deposit is a newly discovered super-large Li–Rb–(Be–Ta–Nb)
rare-metal deposit in the West Kunlun orogenic belt, northwest China. Fifty-two rare-metal …