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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.1996.060.401.09</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Mineralogy</subject>
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<article-title>The Occurrence of Niobian Zirconolite, Pyrochlore and Baddeleyite in the Kovdor Carbonatite Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Terry Williams</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>8</month>
<year>1996</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<issue>401</issue>
<fpage>639</fpage>
<lpage>646</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>3</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>1994</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>1</day>
<month>8</month>
<year>1995</year>
</date></history>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1996, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1996</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The compositions and textural relationships of the oxide minerals zirconolite, pyrochlore and baddeleyite are described. These occur as accessory minerals, often intergrown with each other, from a phoscorite rock associated with the Kovdor carbonatite complex. Both the zirconolite and baddeleyite have relatively high concentrations of Nb and Ta; the pyrochlore is rich in U and Ta. Backscattered electron images, coupled with detailed microprobe analyses, reveal complex compositional zoning in zirconolite and pyrochlore which reflect changes in the fluid composition during growth of these minerals. A comparison is made of incompatible element ratios Zr/Hf, Nb/Ta and Th/U between the three accessory minerals.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>zirconolite</kwd>
<kwd>baddeleyite</kwd>
<kwd>pyrochlore</kwd>
<kwd>carbonatites</kwd>
<kwd>Kola Peninsula</kwd>
<kwd>Russia</kwd>
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