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Placer, shoreline rare earth element deposit in Bahia, Brazil
Deposit type: Placer, shoreline
REE minerals: monazite, xenotime, allanite
Ore minerals: ilmenite, zircon, spinel, garnet, thorite
Gangue minerals: quartz, staurolite, kyanite
Host rock types: beach sand
Average grade: 19.98% REO
Status: Past byproduct producer, Current?
Company: Nuclebras de Monazita e Associados Ltda. (1989)
Resource estimates: Measured reserves-- 4564 t mon grading 19.98% REO
References
https://en.wikipedia.org
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=540
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