Rare Metal Ore Formations and Rare Metal Metallogeny
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 44130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pegmatite; rare metal deposit; high temperature-pressure experiment; melt and fluid inclusions; minerology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rare metals, such as lithium, beryllium, niobium, titanium, rubidium, and cesium, have recently been added to the list of critical raw materials by the European Union, the United States, China, and other countries/regions. With the rapid development of high-technology industries (e.g., electric vehicle), the demand for rare metal resources has increased rapidly. As a result, a new round of research on rare metal resources has set off around the world, with important progress achieved in recent years. For example, such research has promoted a better understanding of the roles of magmatic–hydrothermal transition in rare metal mineralization. In order to share these achievements with a wider audience, this Special Issue will focus on the geology, mineralogy, and experimental geochemistry of rare metal deposits and welcomes specific contributions related to (1) detailed deposit system studies of magmatic–hydrothermal processes; (2) detailed mineral–chemical research; (3) crystallized melt and fluid inclusions; (4) examinations of geochronologic, stable and radiogenic isotopic, and petrogeochemical constraints on deposit formation; (5) enrichment mechanism of rare metal elements during the evolution of granitic magma; (6) rare metal mineralization in orogeny; and (7) metallogenic regularity of rare metals in the ore concentration area/metallogenic belt.
We thank you and look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Jiankang Li
Dr. Peng Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rare metal elements
- pegmatite
- mineralogy
- melt and fluid inclusions
- metallogenic mechanism
- magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization
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