Study of the Distribution of Rare-Earth Elements and Strontium in Apatite from Rocks of the Vuoriyarvi Carbonatite Complex by Total-Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (TXRF): First Results and Prospects
E. Kozlov, A. Maltsev, E. Fomina, M. Sidorov, A. N. Zhilicheva, S. V. Panteeva, A. Kompanchenko, A. Chernyavskiy
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Abstract
—We have studied the trace element composition of apatite from several varieties of carbonatites and associated apatite ores of the Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic carbonatite complex (Kola region, northwestern Russia), which hosts several commercial deposits of apatite–magnetite and pyrochlore ores and large-scale unexplored rare-earth mineral occurrences. The composition of apatite was analyzed by total-reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (hereafter, TXRF). Verification of the obtained results was carried out by ICP-MS analysis of weighed portions of apatite monomineral samples. It is shown that during the evolution of the Vuoriyarvi carbonatites and associated apatite–magnetite ores, the contents of Sr and rare-earth elements (REE) and the degree of REE fractionation in apatite synchronously increased. The obtained TXRF data on the composition of apatite in the carbonatite complex demonstrate the efficiency of TXRF and its high potential in both applied and fundamental research concerned with apatite of various geologic objects.
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