Cristiana L Ciobanu

Jul 26, 2024 | mdpi.com | Nigel Cook |Cristiana L Ciobanu |Samuel King |Maria Emilia Schutesky

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Oct 27, 2023 | mdpi.com | Cristiana L Ciobanu |Nigel Cook |Kathy Ehrig |Hassan Gezzaz

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticleby 1,*, 1, 1, 1,2, 3, 3 and 1 1School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia2BHP Olympic Dam, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia3Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

May 10, 2023 | mdpi.com | Nigel Cook |Cristiana L Ciobanu |Benjamin P Wade |Sarah Gilbert

Abstract:The Mount Weld rare earth element (REE) deposit, Western Australia, is one of the largest of its type on Earth. Current mining exploits the high-grade weathered goethite-bearing resource that lies above, and which represents the weathering product of a subjacent carbonatite. The mineralogy, petrography, deportment of lanthanides among the different components, and variation in mineral speciation, textures, and chemistry are examined.