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
Status:
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Resource estimates: 440 Mt @ 0.15% REE+Y
Enriched in HREE relatively to LREE.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=182