Mabounie

Carbonatite with residual enrichment rare-earth element, in Gabon country (in Africa)

Deposit type: Carbonatite with residual enrichment

REE minerals: monazite, xenotime, pyrochlore, florencite, crandallite

Ore minerals: apatite, magnetite, crandallite, baddeleyite

Gangue minerals: hematite, goethite, quartz, kaolinite

Host rock types: carbonatite, weathered carbonatite, syenite

Average grade: 2.52% REO

Status: Nb resource; potential REE resource

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References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org

2. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show.php?labno=127

3. http://www.africas-eden.com/gabon.asp