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T1 - Extreme Alteration of Chevkinite-(Ce) by Pb-CO2-Rich Fluids
T2 - Evidence from the White Tundra Pegmatite, Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula
AU - Macdonald, R.
AU - Bagiński, B.
AU - Stachowicz, M.
AU - Zozulya, D.
AU - Kotowski, J.
AU - Jokubauskas, P.
N1 - Export Date: 29 September 2022
PY - 2022/8/3
Y1 - 2022/8/3
N2 - An unusual hydrothermal alteration scheme was presented for chevkinite-(Ce) from the White Tundra pegmatite (2656 ± 5 Ma), Keivy massif, Kola Peninsula. Pb-CO2-rich fluids initially removed REE and Y from the chevkinite-(Ce), with enrichment in Pb and U. PbO abundances reaching 17.35 wt%. Continued alteration resulted in the altered chevkinite-(Ce) being progressively transformed to a Pb-Ti-Fe-Si phase, which proved, upon EBSD analysis, to be almost totally amorphous. Pb enrichment was accompanied by a loss of LREE, especially La, relative to HREE, and the development of strong positive Ce anomalies. A notably U-rich aeschynite-(Y), with UO2 values ≤7.67 wt%, crystallized along with the chevkinite-(Ce). Aeschynite-(Y) with a lower UO2 value (3.91 wt%) and bastnäsite-(Ce) formed during alteration. The formation of bastnäsite-(Ce) rather than cerussite, which might have been expected in a high Pb-CO2 environment, is ascribed to the fluids being acidic. © 2022 by the authors.
AB - An unusual hydrothermal alteration scheme was presented for chevkinite-(Ce) from the White Tundra pegmatite (2656 ± 5 Ma), Keivy massif, Kola Peninsula. Pb-CO2-rich fluids initially removed REE and Y from the chevkinite-(Ce), with enrichment in Pb and U. PbO abundances reaching 17.35 wt%. Continued alteration resulted in the altered chevkinite-(Ce) being progressively transformed to a Pb-Ti-Fe-Si phase, which proved, upon EBSD analysis, to be almost totally amorphous. Pb enrichment was accompanied by a loss of LREE, especially La, relative to HREE, and the development of strong positive Ce anomalies. A notably U-rich aeschynite-(Y), with UO2 values ≤7.67 wt%, crystallized along with the chevkinite-(Ce). Aeschynite-(Y) with a lower UO2 value (3.91 wt%) and bastnäsite-(Ce) formed during alteration. The formation of bastnäsite-(Ce) rather than cerussite, which might have been expected in a high Pb-CO2 environment, is ascribed to the fluids being acidic. © 2022 by the authors.
KW - amorphous Pb-Ti-Fe-Si phase
KW - CO2-bearing hydrothermal fluids
KW - Pb-rich chevkinite-(Ce)
KW - White Tundra pegmatite
U2 - 10.3390/min12080989
DO - 10.3390/min12080989
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
JO - Minerals
JF - Minerals
SN - 2075-163X
IS - 8
M1 - 989
ER -