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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1982.046.341.02</article-id>
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<article-title>An Occurrence of Rare-Earth-Rich Eudialyte from Ascension Island, South Atlantic</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Harris</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Cressey</surname>
<given-names>G.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bell</surname>
<given-names>J. D.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Atkins</surname>
<given-names>F. B.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Beswetherick</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<aff>Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Parks Road, Oxford</aff></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1982</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<issue>341</issue>
<fpage>421</fpage>
<lpage>425</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>17</day>
<month>6</month>
<year>1981</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>28</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>1981</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1982, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1982</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>A mineral closely resembling eudialyte in single crystal X-ray pattern and chemistry has been found in one granite block from the 5 Mile Post area on Ascension Island. To our knowledge, eudialyte has not previously been recognized in this suite of granites although they contain two other rare zirconium silicates, dalyite and vlasovite. Textural evidence suggests that the eudialyte, which is remarkable for its high yttrium and <italic>REE</italic> content, crystallized from very late-stage magmatic fluids. Rare-earth patterns are only slightly fractionated (Ce<sub>N</sub>/Y<sub>N</sub> = 1.8&#x2013;2.5) compared with those of allanites and sphenes from Skye granites which presumably have similar parageneses. In contrast, the whole-rock <italic>REE</italic> pattern shows greater enrichment of light <italic>REE</italic> (Ce<sub>N</sub>/Y<sub>N</sub> &#x223C; 10). This difference in <italic>REE</italic> pattern is considered to be due to the effects of <italic>REE</italic> and other element complexing related to the peralkalinity of the granite liquid.</p></abstract>
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