Table 1 The concentrations of Y and REEs in the individual mineral particles.

From: Microscopic analyses of weathered granite in ion-adsorption rare earth deposit of Jianxi Province, China

 

Quartz

K-feldspar

Kaolinitic particle 01

Kaolinitic particle 02

Kaolinitic particle 03

Kaolinitic particle 04

Kaolinitic particle 05

Y (ppm)

7.34

11.5

74.3

97.5

72.5

64.4

72.6

La (ppm)

0.03

8.41

61.4

224

182

195

83.4

Ce (ppm)

2.42

66.9

629

773

30.5

24.7

262

Pr (ppm)

0.28

1.41

24.1

60.4

45.4

48.0

20.2

Nd (ppm)

2.73

6.53

97.1

203

161

163

76.2

Sm (ppm)

0.80

1.58

28.2

40.2

29.3

31.1

16.8

Eu (ppm)

0.75

2.72

5.41

13.1

9.42

9.76

6.53

Gd (ppm)

1.14

1.88

26.3

33.6

24.5

25.3

17.9

Tb (ppm)

0.23

0.32

4.04

4.22

3.18

3.01

2.62

Dy (ppm)

1.13

2.24

23.1

21.6

17.1

15.3

14.6

Ho (ppm)

0.23

0.37

4.04

3.70

3.10

2.60

2.63

Er (ppm)

1.15

1.13

11.7

9.54

7.56

6.89

7.76

Tm (ppm)

0.26

0.28

1.72

1.19

1.03

0.80

1.08

Yb (ppm)

1.88

1.51

12.4

7.86

6.53

5.35

6.69

Lu (ppm)

0.20

0.26

1.68

1.09

0.98

0.67

0.93

LREE (ppm)

7.02

87.6

845

1314

458

472

465

LREEa (ppm)

4.59

20.6

216

541

427

447

203

HREE (ppm)

6.23

8.00

85.0

82.8

64.0

59.9

54.3

REE (ppm)

13.2

95.6

985

1397

522

532

519

REEa (ppm)

10.8

28.7

301

624

491

507

257

REY (ppm)

20.6

107

1059

1494

594

596

592

LREE/HREE

1.13

10.9

9.94

15.9

7.15

7.88

8.57

LREEa/HREE

0.74

2.58

2.54

6.54

6.67

7.47

3.74

Y/Ho

32.3

30.9

18.4

26.3

23.4

24.7

27.6

[Ce/Ce*]N

5.94

4.66

2.43

6.64

0.34

0.25

1.53

[Eu/Eu*]N

2.38

4.80

0.20

0.36

0.35

0.35

1.14

[La/Yb]N

0.01

3.79

24.8

19.4

19.0

24.8

12.5

 

Micaceous particle 01

Micaceous particle 02

Micaceous particle 03

Micaceous particle 04

Hematite

Ilmenite

 

Y (ppm)

224

152

145

102

86.0

26.2

 

La (ppm)

497

322

328

179

87.4

19.4

 

Ce (ppm)

87.6

34.8

29.1

10.1

131

35.8

 

Pr (ppm)

114

79.6

78.1

46.6

22.7

5.0

 

Nd (ppm)

410

291

282

177

89.4

15.9

 

Sm (ppm)

80.3

53.8

54.3

35.9

21.9

4.27

 

Eu (ppm)

21.9

15.7

16.8

5.20

7.17

0.93

 

Gd (ppm)

64.2

42.9

46.7

31.4

21.5

3.7

 

Tb (ppm)

9.28

5.65

6.20

4.26

3.32

0.99

 

Dy (ppm)

50.4

31.7

33.4

22.7

20.5

7.92

 

Ho (ppm)

8.86

5.30

6.22

4.06

4.09

1.86

 

Er (ppm)

23.6

13.2

16.5

11.9

13.1

7.1

 

Tm (ppm)

3.21

1.80

2.40

1.60

2.18

1.24

 

Yb (ppm)

19.7

11.5

15.7

11.5

14.8

9.22

 

Lu (ppm)

2.97

1.62

2.05

1.59

2.16

1.45

 

LREE (ppm)

1211

797

788

454

359

81.2

 

LREEa (ppm)

1123

762

759

444

229

45.5

 

HREE (ppm)

182

114

129

89.1

81.7

33.5

 

REE (ppm)

1393

911

917

543

441

115

 

REEa (ppm)

1305

876

888

533

310

79.0

 

REY (ppm)

1617

1063

1063

645

527

141

 

LREE/HREE

6.64

7.01

6.10

5.10

4.40

2.42

 

LREEa/HREE

6.16

6.70

5.87

4.98

2.80

1.36

 

Y/Ho

25.3

28.7

23.4

25.0

21.0

14.1

 

[Ce/Ce*]N

0.09

0.22

0.18

0.03

0.70

0.87

 

[Eu/Eu*]N

0.93

0.33

0.33

0.47

1.00

0.71

 

[La/Yb]N

17.2

19.1

14.2

10.6

4.01

1.43

 
  1. aTotal concentration values excluding Ce.[Ce/Ce*]N: CeN/(LaN × PrN)1/2, [Eu/Eu*]N: EuN/(SmN × GdN)1/2, [La/Yb]N: LaN/YbN [where N is normalized by C1-chondrite35.