Los Archipelago
Alkalic igneous rare-earth element, 1 of 1 in Guinea country (in Africa)
Deposit type: Alkalic igneous
REE minerals: eudidymite, rosenbuschite, pyrochlore, astrophyllite, rinkite
Ore minerals: fluorite, galena, catapleiite, villiaumite, stacyite, kupletskite, zirconium, wöhlerite
Gangue minerals: arfvedsonite, aegirine, astrophyllite, nepheline, pyrophanite, sodalite, analcime, lavenite, serandite
Host rock types: peralkaline nepheline syenite
Average grade:
Status: Occurrence
Company:
Resource estimates:
Islands extensively covered by bauxite.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org
http://energy.gov/maps/estimated-rare-earth-reserves-and-deposits
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1cmK2rTG-Mrv0AukA6JAxONVFuzc
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show.php?labno=218
http://country-in-africa.ru/jekvatorialnaja-gvineja.php