Ghurayyah

Alkalic igneous rare earth element deposit in , Saudi Arabia

Deposit type: Alkalic igneous

REE minerals: aeschynite with yttrium, xenotime, monazite, samarskite, pyrochlore

Ore minerals: zircon, fluorite, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, uraninite, thorite, ilmenorutile, galena, sphalerite

Gangue minerals: mica, quartz, microcline, albite, chlorite, arfvedsonite, aegirine

Host rock types: microgranite

Average grade: 0.15% REE+Y

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Resource estimates: 440 Mt @ 0.15% REE+Y

Enriched in HREE relatively to LREE.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=182