THE MAIN RARE EARTH MINERALS
THE MAIN RARE EARTH MINERALS
The rare earths occur in over 200 minerals.
PHOSPHATES: monazite, xenotime; churchite; rhabdophane, apatite
СARBONATES: bastnaesite, parisite, synchysite
OXIDES: brannerite, loparite, pyrochlore, aeschynite, samarskite, euxenite, fergusonite, perovskite, davidite
FLUORIDES: yttrofluorite, yttrocerite
SILICATES: gadolinite, ittrialite, allanite, eudialyte, kainosite, thortveitite, сhevkinite, phenakite, bazzite,
SULPHATES: chukhrovite
BORATES: cappelenite
TUNGSTATES: yttrotungstite