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On a skarn monazite occurrence from the Namib desert near Usakos, South-West Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

O. von Knorring  and
T. N. Clifford
O. von Knorring
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, University of Leeds
T. N. Clifford
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, University of Leeds
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Summary

An unusual monazite deposit of metasomatic origin is described. The monazite occurs as randomly oriented crystals in a dolomitic marble. The chemical composition and optical data of the monazite are given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 251 , December 1960 , pp. 650 - 653
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1960

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