Metamict zircon from Mozambique

Metamict zircon from granite pegmatites of Zambézia, Mozambique has been studied by annealing, microprobe, X-ray diffraction, DT and TG analysis, and IR spectroscopy. The specimens are contaminated by epitaxially intergrown xenotime. It is presumed that the lanthanoides, occur in the xenotime phase...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: R. Törnroos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1985-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Subjects:
DTA
TGA
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume57/sgs_bt_057_pages_181_195.pdf