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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">10.1180/002646198548151</article-id>
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<article-title>Lueshite, Pyrochlore and Monazite-(Ce) from Apatite-Dolomite Carbonatite, Lesnaya Varaka Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Chakhmouradian</surname>
<given-names>A. R.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Mitchell</surname>
<given-names>R. H.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<aff>Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1</aff></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1998</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>62</volume>
<issue>6</issue>
<fpage>769</fpage>
<lpage>782</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>27</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>1997</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>10</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>1998</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1998, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1998</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>Apatite-dolomite carbonatite at Lesnaya Varaka, Kola Peninsula, Russia, hosts intricate mineral intergrowths composed of lueshite in the core and pyrochlore-group minerals in the rim. Lueshite is a primary Nb-bearing phase in the carbonatite and ranges in composition from cerian lueshite to almost pure NaNbO<sub>3</sub>. For comparison, the compositional variation of lueshite from the Kovdor and Sallanlatvi carbonatites is described. At Lesnaya Varaka, lueshite is replaced by nearly stoichiometric Na-Ca pyrochlore due to late-stage re-equilibration in the carbonatite system. X-ray powder diffraction data for both minerals are presented. Barian strontiopyrochlore, occurring as replacement mantles on Na-Ca pyrochlore, contains up to 43% Sr and 8&#x2013;18% Ba at the <italic>A</italic>-site, and shows a high degree of hydration and strong ionic deficiency at the <italic>A</italic>- and <italic>Y</italic>-sites. This mineral is metamict and, upon heating, recrystallises to an aeschynite-type structure. Monazite-(Ce) found as minute crystals in fractures, represents the solid solution between monazite-(Ce) CePO<sub>4</sub>, brabantite CaTh(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> and SrTh(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>. Our data indicate the high capacity of the monazite structure for Th and accompanying divalent cations at low temperatures and pressures that has a direct relevance to solving the problem of long-term conservation of radioactive wastes. Monazite-(Ce) and barian strontiopyrochlore are products of low-temperature hydrothermal or secondary (hypergene) alteration of the primary mineral assemblage of the carbonatite.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>lueshite</kwd>
<kwd>pyrochlore</kwd>
<kwd>strontiopyrochlore</kwd>
<kwd>monazite-(Ce)</kwd>
<kwd>apatite-dolomite carbonatite</kwd>
<kwd>Lesnaya Varaka complex</kwd>
<kwd>Kola Peninsula</kwd>
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