USGS RARE ELEMENT DEPOSITS OF CHINA Pegmatite Minerals, Vintage 1970 VERY COOL!!

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SCARCE, UNUSUAL ITEM!!
This is USGS Bulletin 1312-N,
Some Rare-Element Mineral Deposits in Mainland China.
Published in 1970 this 34-page book is a scarce item. This is a very interesting publication that discusses pegmatites, veins, and related deposits that contain interesting rare elements. It goes into some detail about some of them. The lists of minerals associated with the pegmatites is pretty long and includes some rare ones and some pretty desirable ones, including:
Microcline
Perthite
Plagioclase
Kaolinite
Quartz
Muscovite
Cleavelandite
Tourmaline
Garnet
Topaz
Beryl
Biotite
Chalcedony
Epidote
Apatite
Fluorite
Cassiterite
Magnetite
Hematite
Martite
Tysonite
Pyrite
Calcite
Jiningite
Samarskite
Sphene
Ilmenorutile
Monazite
Columbite
Yttrotantalite
Chrysoberyl
Toddite
Spodumene
Killinite
Lepidolite
Lithium tourmaline (Mmm…Nice!)
Aeschynite
Variscite
Amazonite
Fluorite
Fergusonite
Sinicite
Zircon
Xenotime
Thorite
Broggerite
Ferrithorite
Uranothorite
Allanite
Euxenite
Ampangabeite
And others!
That’s just a partial list of what’s mentioned in the text. This is actually a very interesting book, and now that China is an open country, there may be a chance to get into this area and do some mineral collecting. OK – That’s a long shot, but hey, even if you never get over there it makes for great arm-chair dreaming. This is a fun one to read and think about.
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