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Monazite end members and solid solutions: synthesis, unit-cell characteristics, and utilization as microprobe standards*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. M. Montel,
F. Lhote and
J. M. Claude
J. M. Montel
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Géochimiques, B.P. 20, 54501, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy Cedex, France
F. Lhote
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Géochimiques, B.P. 20, 54501, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy Cedex, France
J. M. Claude
Affiliation:
Université de Nancy I, 54500, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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Abstract

The synthesis of monazite was first reported by Radominsky (1875). Since then various methods have been used to synthesize various end members of the monazite solid solution series, mainly CePO4 and LaPO4 (e.g. Anthony, 1957, 1965). As part of an experimental study dealing with the solubility of monazite in granitic melts (Montel, 1986, 1987, and in prep.), the synthesis of some of the end members, as well as solid solutions, was achieved.

Keywords

monaziteRE phosphateshydrothermal synthesismicroprobe standards

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Short Communications
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 53 , Issue 369 , March 1989, pp. 120 - 123
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1989

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Present Address: CNRS, U.A.10, 5 rue Kessler, 63000 Clermont Ferrand, France.

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C.R.P.G. contribution no. 746.

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