Zr-Rich Eudialyte from the Lovozero Peralkaline Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Authors: Taras L. Panikorovskii, Julia A. Mikhailova, Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, Ayya V. Bazai, Sergey M. Aksenov, Andrey O. Kalashnikov, Sergey V. Krivovichev
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: eudialyte; eudialyte-group minerals; Lovozero alkaline massif; zirconium; Arctic; mineralogy; Kola Peninsula; Lovozero; Alluaiv; kola peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090982

The Lovozero peralkaline massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia) has several deposits of Zr, Nb, Ta and rare earth elements (REE) associated with eudialyte-group minerals (EGM). Eudialyte from the Alluaiv Mt. often forms zonal grains with central parts enriched in Zr (more than 3 apfu) and marginal zones en...