Mineral category

Principal minerals

Host rock minerals

ferroan dolomite

Sr- and Mn-calcite

quartz

illite

biotite

apatite

albite

REE ore minerals

monazite, (Ce,La,Nd)PO4

bastnaesite, (Ce,La,Nd)(CO3)F

huanghoite, Ba(Ce,La,Nd)(CO3)2F

parisite, (Ce,La,Nd)2Ca(CO3)3F2

cebaite, Ba3Ce2(CO3)5F2

Nb (+-REE's) minerals

columbite, FeNb2O6

aeschynite, (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6

fergusonite, YNbO4

fersmite, (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6

pyrochlore, (Ca,Na)2Nb2O6(OH,F)

Nb-rutile

Fe ore minerals

magnetite

hematite

martite

goethite

ilmenite

Other carbonate minerals

benstonite, (Ca,Sr)6Ba6Mg(CO3)13

norsethite, BaMg(CO3)2

barytocalcite, BaCa(CO3)2

strontianite, SrCO3

Common gangue and other minerals

fluorite

barite

aegirine

magnesio-arfvedsonite

magnesio-riebeckite

apatite

phlogopite

microcline

albite

bafertisite, Ba(Fe,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2

cerianite, (Ce,Th)O2

Sulfide gangue minerals

pyrite

pyrrhotite

sphalerite

galena

chalcopyrite