Khanneshin

Khanneshin (Khan Neshin)

Deposit type: carbonatite

REE minerals: bastnäsite

Ore minerals: barite, burbankite, fluorite, pyrochlore, magnetite, galena, strontianite, zirconium, uranium

Gangue minerals: ankerite, calcite, pyroxene, phlogopite, aegirine, biotite

Host rock types: carbonatite, tuff, agglomerate, phonolite

Average grade:

Status: Occurrence

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Resource estimates:

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. http://mathukay.blogspot.cl/2011/06/history-of-afghanistan-a1.html

3. https://www.google.cl/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F11%2Fafghanlandscapes5.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicintelligence.net%2Fafghan-landscapes%2F&docid=6T89N3dKbuHMoM&tbnid=11uqpGNDIzA8jM%3A&w=1050&h=750&bih=696&biw=1366&ved=0ahUKEwishJeI3p7NAhUGf5AKHZTrAMgQMwgwKAEwAQ&iact=mrc&uact=8

4. http://www.livescience.com/47682-rare-earth-minerals-found-under-afghanistan.html

5. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/afghanistan-holds-enormous-bounty-of-rare-earths/

6. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~jawin22e/classweb/afghanistanminerals/minerals.html

7. https://books.google.cl/books?id=waGhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT104&lpg=PT104&dq=afghanistan+Khanneshin+ree+deposits&source=bl&ots=YuSWwQwLRK&sig=E90D09SC2-SgVE25AzNxc0qQIE4&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQjcmR357NAhWKfpAKHVtIDwMQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=afghanistan%20Khanneshin%20ree%20deposits&f=false

8. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=42