Fluids associated with carbonatitic magmatism: A critical review and implications for carbonatite magma ascent

BF Walter, RJ Giebel, M Steele-MacInnis… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbonatites are formed from volatile-rich melts, commonly associated with a characteristic
hydrothermal footprint. However, studies of their fluid inclusions are relatively scarce and …

Formation of rare earth deposits in carbonatites

M Anenburg, S Broom-Fendley… - Elements: An …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Carbonatites and related rocks are the premier source for light rare earth element (LREE)
deposits. Here, we outline an ore formation model for LREE-mineralised carbonatites …

Rare earth element mobility in and around carbonatites controlled by sodium, potassium, and silica

M Anenburg, JA Mavrogenes, C Frigo, F Wall - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Carbonatites and associated rocks are the main source of rare earth elements (REEs),
metals essential to modern technologies. REE mineralization occurs in hydrothermal …

Alkaline-silicate REE-HFSE systems

CD Beard, KM Goodenough, AM Borst… - Economic …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Development of renewable energy infrastructure requires critical raw materials,
such as the rare earth elements (REEs, including scandium) and niobium, and is driving …

Hydrothermal processes in the Fen alkaline-carbonatite complex, southern Norway

CAF Dietzel, T Kristandt, S Dahlgren, RJ Giebel… - Ore Geology …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present detailed textural and chemical analyses of the hydrothermal sulfide-and REE-Th-
Nb-mineralization observed in the Fen complex (southern Norway), which is the biggest …

Carbonatitic magma fractionation and contamination generate rare earth element enrichment and mineralization in the Maoniu** giant REE deposit, SW China

X Zheng, Y Liu, MP Smith, J Kynický… - Journal of Petrology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Carbonatite intrusions host the world's most important light rare earth element (LREE)
deposits, and their formation generally requires extraordinary fertile sources, magmatic …

Metasomatic ijolite, glimmerite, silicocarbonatite, and antiskarn formation: carbonatite and silicate phase equilibria in the system Na2O–CaO–K2O–FeO–MgO–Al2O3 …

M Anenburg, JB Walters - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2024 - Springer
Silicocarbonatites are carbonatite rocks containing> 20% silicate minerals. Their formation is
not well understood due to low silica solubility in carbonatite melts and negligible amounts …

The fluorapatite P–REE–Th vein deposit at Nolans Bore: genesis by carbonatite metasomatism

M Anenburg, JA Mavrogenes, VC Bennett - Journal of Petrology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Nolans Bore is a rare earth element (REE) ore deposit in the Reynolds Range, Aileron
Province, Northern Territory, Australia. It consists primarily of fluorapatite and alteration …

An apatite-group praseodymium carbonate fluoroxybritholite: Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure, and implications for natural and synthetic britholites

M Anenburg, TL Panikorovskii, ES Jennings… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Britholites are the lanthanide–silica-rich end-members of the apatite group, commonly
studied for their optical properties. Here, we show∼ 50–100 μm single crystals synthesized …

Complex carbonate-sulfate brines in fluid inclusions from carbonatites: Estimating compositions in the system H2O-Na-K-CO3-SO4-Cl

BF Walter, M Steele-MacInnis, RJ Giebel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Studies of fluid inclusions in carbonatitic rocks are essential for understanding
physicochemical processes involved in carbonatite-related hydrothermal ore mineralization …