Sarah Gilbert

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.