Apatite, Monazite, and Xenotime in Metamorphic Rocks

Research Article| January 01, 2002 Apatite, Monazite, and Xenotime in Metamorphic Rocks Frank S. Spear; Frank S. Spear Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Joseph M. Pyle Joseph M. Pyle Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Frank S. Spear Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 Joseph M. Pyle Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 03 Mar 2017 © The Mineralogical Society Of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2002) 48 (1): 293–335. https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2002.48.7 Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Frank S. Spear, Joseph M. Pyle; Apatite, Monazite, and Xenotime in Metamorphic Rocks. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2002;; 48 (1): 293–335. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2002.48.7 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search This chapter focuses on phosphates that are significant in metamorphic rocks. A quick survey of phosphate mineral descriptions at a commercial mineral web-site revealed over 500 phosphate mineral names. Remarkably, only three are common in metamorphic rocks: apatite, monazite, and xenotime, and this chapter is restricted to discussion of these minerals. Apatite, monazite, and, to a lesser extent, xenotime, have enjoyed intensive study during the previous half-century. Following World War II, considerable study was made of minerals that contain fissionable materials, and the sometimes large concentrations of U and Th in monazite culminated in a number of seminal papers on... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.