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Thorite, (Th,U)SiO4, is a rare
nesosilicate of
thorium that
crystallizes in the
tetragonal system and is
isomorphous with
zircon and hafnon. It is the...
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Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or
amphibole minerals)
Auerlite (variety of
thorite)
Avalite (chromian
variety of illite)
Aventurine (variety of quartz) Babefphite...
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Hafnon (HfSiO4),
xenotime (YPO4), béhierite,
schiavinatoite ((Ta,Nb)BO4),
thorite (ThSiO4), and
coffinite (USiO4) all
share the same
crystal structure (IVX...
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Hydrogrossular – Ca 3Al 2Si 2O 8(SiO 4) 3−m(OH) 4m
Zircon group Zircon – ZrSiO4
Thorite – (Th,U)SiO4
Hafnon – (Hf,Zr)SiO4 Al2SiO5
group Andalusite – Al2SiO5 Kyanite...
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mineralogy and REE mineralization. Most
commonly the
thorium is
found as
thorite hosted in
quartz veins,
whereas REEs are
contained within mo****te. The...
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thorium include apatite, sphene, zircon, allanite, mo****te, pyrochlore,
thorite, and xenotime. Thorium-232 has a half-life of 14
billion years and mainly...
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known to
undergo metamictisation include allanite, gadolinite, ekanite,
thorite and titanite.
Ekanite is
almost invariably found completely metamict as...
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hydrothermal vein type deposits. It
occurs in ****ociation with uraninite,
thorite, pyrite, marcasite, roscoelite, clay
minerals and
amorphous organic matter...
- bastnasite,
thorite,
uranothorite and
thorianite in the
Desmont mine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada; and with pyrochlore, tienshanite, sogdianite,
thorite, caesium...
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Example of
watercooled thermoelectric cloud chamber Radioactivity of a
thorite mineral seen in a
cloud chamber Diffusion cloud chamber with 4.6kV ion...
