An occurrence of monazite in Puumala, eastern Finland

A monazite occurrence consisting of three monazite-bearing biotite-rich veins is described. The veins have pegmatitic affinities but are very inhomogeneous. They are located in Precambrian migmatitic cordierite-garnet gneiss or between gneiss and pegmatite. In biotite-rich accumulations the monazite...

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Main Authors: I. Haapala, P. Ervamaa, A. Löfgren, P. Ojanperä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1969-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume41/sgs_bt_041_pages_117_124.pdf