a rare yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a carbonate of fluorine and several lanthanide metals. It occurs in association with zinc and is a source of the lanthanides. Formula: LaFCO3
Word origin
C19: from Swedish bastnäsit, after Bastnäs, Sweden, where it was found
Examples of 'bastnaesite' in a sentence
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It was found that all aforementioned metal ions depressed bastnaesite flotation.
Shiming Cao, Yijun Cao, Zilong Ma, Yinfei Liao 2018, 'Metal Ion Release in Bastnaesite Flotation System and Implications for Flotation',Mineralshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/5/203. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The primary mineralization in bastnaesite was followed by an alteration stage into monazite.
Seconde Ntiharirizwa, Philippe Boulvais, Marc Poujol, Yannick Branquet, Cesare Morelli,Joël Ntungwanayo, Gilbert Midende 2018, 'Geology and U-Th-Pb Dating of the Gakara REE Deposit, Burundi', Mineralshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/9/394. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The rate of bastnaesite recovery increased with the temperature, while sodium silicate improved the ultimate recovery.
Jean-Francois Boulanger, Claude Bazin, Keven Turgeon 2019, 'Effect of Depressants and Temperature on Bastnaesite and Monazite Flotation Separationfrom a Canadian Rare Earth Element (REE) Ore', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/4/225. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)