Multi-stage evolution of xenotime-(Y) from Písek pegmatites, Czech Republic: an electron probe micro-analysis and Raman spectroscopy study

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Authors

ŠVECOVÁ Eva ČOPJAKOVÁ Renata LOSOS Zdeněk ŠKODA Radek NASDALA Lutz CÍCHA Jaroslav

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Mineralogy and Petrology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00710-016-0442-6
Field Geology and mineralogy
Keywords xenotime-(Y); aqueous fluids; metamictization; recrystallization; alteration; EPMA; Raman spectroscopy
Description The chemical variability, degree of radiation damage, and alteration of xenotime from the Písek granitic pegmatites (Czech Republic) were investigated by micro-chemical analysis and Raman spectroscopy. Dominant large xenotime–(Y) grains enriched in U, Th and Zr crystallized from a melt almost simultaneously with zircon, monazite and tourmaline. Xenotime is well to poorly crystalline depending on its U and Th contents. It shows complex secondary textures cutting magmatic growth zones as a result of its interaction with F, Ca, alkali-rich fluids during the hydrothermal stage of the pegmatite evolution.
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