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Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in , Norway

Deposit type: Carbonatite

REE minerals: monazite, synchysite, parisite, bastnäsite

Ore minerals: hematite, pyrochlore, apatite, magnetite, fluorite, zircon, barite, Th

Gangue minerals: calcite, tremolite, mica, topaz, zoisite

Host rock types: ankerite carbonatite, hematite-rich carbonatite

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Status: Past Nb-Fe producer; REE occurrence

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Past production of Fe and Nb. REE are highest in rodberg that is red from finely dispersed hematite.

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