Abstract
Composition and localization of REE mineralization in miarolitic pegmatites and its role in the pegmatite formation were studied at the Malkhan gem deposit (jewel-quality tourmaline, morganite, danburite, and hambergite) in the central Transbaikal region. The chemical composition of Ti-, Ta-, Nb- and REE-bearing minerals, their relationships with rock-forming and accessory minerals indicate that two geochemically specialized stages of pegmatite formation are distinguished. The early stage gave rise to the crystallization of quartz-feldspar aggregates including K-feldspar block zone with Sc and REE mineralization. The rare-metal (Li, Cs, F, B, Be) albite-lepidolite-cleavelandite complex with pockets of gem mineralization was formed at the late stage.
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