Rare earth minerals (REE)
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THERE ARE THREE MAIN SOURCES OF MINERAL RAW MATERIALS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS:
Indigenous ore primary deposits containing REE.
Waste and not the traditional raw materials containing REE.
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SELECTION OF METHODS FOR SEPARATING OF RARE EARTH MINERALS
СARBONATES: bastnaesite, parisite, synchysite, ancyliteOXIDES: fergusonite, euxenite, loparite, aeschynite, davidite, samarskite, pyrochlore, brannerite, fersmite, perovskite, uraniniteFLUORIDES: yttrocerite, yttrofluorite, fluoceriteSILICATES: gadolinite, yttrialite, allanite, kainosite, britholite, zircon, eudialyte, thorite, сhevkinite, phenakite, eudidymite, thortveitite, bazzite, SULPHATES: chukhrovite BORATES: cappeleniteTUNGSTATES: yttrotungstiteORGANIC COMPOUNDS: carbocer, thucholite
THE RAW MATERIAL FOR THE EXTRACTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
Rare earth mineral that form their own deposits: Bastnaesite, Monazite, Xenotime.
To extract the rare earth elements industrial importance are the following minerals: Synchysite, Euxenite, Gadolinite, Loparite
Rare earth elements are extracted from the following minerals too: Churchite, Rhabdophane, Parisite, Fergusonite, Samarskite, Allanite.
Rare earth elements can be extracted also from these minerals: Pyrochlore, Perovskite, Titanite (or sphene), Apatite, Ferritorit, Phosphorit
Rare earth elements are contained in uranium minerals: Uraninite, Davidite. More information...
THE MAIN RARE EARTH MINERALSThe rare earths elements occur in over 200 minerals.
PHOSPHATES: monazite, xenotime, churchite, rhabdophane, apatite, brockite, florencite
СARBONATES: bastnaesite, parisite, synchysite
OXIDES: brannerite, loparite, pyrochlore, aeschynite, samarskite, euxenite, fergusonite, perovskite, davidite, fersmite
FLUORIDES: yttrofluorite, yttrocerite
SILICATES: gadolinite, ittrialite, allanite, eudialyte, kainosite, thortveitite, сhevkinite, phenakite, britholite, yttrialite. bazzite,
SULPHATES: chukhrovite
BORATES: cappelenite
TUNGSTATES: yttrotungstite. More information...
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE) or RARE EARTH METAL (REM) is the common name of 17 chemical elements: scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y) and the 15 elements of the lanthanide group: lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosim (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu).
REE are divided into two groups:
Light rare earth elements (LREE), also known as the cerium group: Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd.
Heavy rare earth elements (HREE), also known as the yttrium group: Y, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu. More information about REE...
