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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.1987.051.363.05</article-id>
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<subject>Mineralogy</subject>
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<article-title>Rare Earth and Uranium Minerals Present as Daughter Crystals in Fluid Inclusions, Mary Kathleen U-<italic>REE</italic> Skarn, Queensland, Australia</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Kwak</surname>
<given-names>T. A. P.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Department of Geology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia</aff></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Abeysinghe</surname>
<given-names>P. B.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Geological Survey Department, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1987</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<issue>363</issue>
<fpage>665</fpage>
<lpage>670</lpage>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>22</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>1985</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>1</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>1987</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1987, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1987</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>At least six separate rare earth and uranium-bearing daughter crystals occur in fluid inclusions hosted by andraditic garnet from the Mary Kathleen <italic>REE</italic>-U ore skarn, Queensland, Australia. The daughter minerals are particularly high in La, Nd and Ce which reflects the relatively high concentration of these in the bulk ore (La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> = 33.5%, Nd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> = 9.1% and Ce<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> = 51.5% of the 2.6 wt. % <italic>REE</italic> common in the ore). The host garnets themselves contain up to 7600 ppm <italic>REE</italic> and 5 to 2700 ppm U. The energy-dispersive spectra (EDS) are consistent with the following minerals: a (Y, Ce, U, Ca, Fe, Nb, Ta) mineral; a (Ca, Fe, Ce) carbonate(?) mineral; a (Fe, Ca, Y, Ce, Nb, Ta) mineral; a possible carbonate of La, Mn and Nd; a chlorite of Mn and La as well as a possible chloride or oxychloride of K, Mg, Mn and La. Their occurrence infers that relatively high concentrations of <italic>REE</italic> and U prevailed in the original, oxidized, concentrated (30&#x2013;70 wt. % total dissolved salts), high-temperature (550&#x2013;670&#x00B0;) ore solutions. Their presence as daughter crystals may be due to the fact that CaCl<sub>2</sub> is a dominant salt in the solutions and that the latter's solubility was sufficiently high to &#x2018;salt out&#x2019; the less soluble <italic>REE</italic>-U components.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>fluid inclusions</kwd>
<kwd>rare earth minerals</kwd>
<kwd>uranium</kwd>
<kwd>skarn</kwd>
<kwd>Queensland</kwd>
<kwd>Australia</kwd>
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