This report presents the results of a petrographical and mineralogical (optical microscopy, BSE-EDS image analysis) study of zircon in samples from the Lower Nubian monzogranite. The mineral occurs as smaller grains (< 80 µm) in a finegrained quartz-feldspar-matrix, coexisting with other accessory minerals including biotite, clinochlore, titanite, and britholite-(Ce). Zircon is also present within biotite and britholite-(Ce), suggesting that it started crystallization at about the same time as these two minerals. Two types of thorite inclusions within zircon are reported in this study. Type 1 is widely distributed throughout the zircon grain, forming crystallites of which each is typically < 1 µm in size. Type 2 is relatively larger (5-15 µm) and occurs only in one part of the grain. For the thorite inclusions, three possible origins are briefly discussed: (1) exsolution of thorite from zircon; (2) dissolution/reprecipitation of zircon; and (3) growth syngenetically with zircon. Of these potential hypotheses, the syngenetic growth model seems more favorable for zircon-thorite intergrowths than the other two hypotheses. Thorite inclusions and their host zircons seem to have grown from magma rather than hydrothermal or supercritical solutions. Here, they have primary textures and consistent chemical compositions that are consistent with whole-rock geochemistry.
Występowanie brannerytu na terenie Polski stwierdzono jedynie na zboczach Wołowej Góry, położonej około 3 km na południowy zachód od Kowar (pasmo Karkonoszy). Jego obecność została potwierdzona badaniami rentgenograficznymi. Celem przedstawionej pracy jest szczegółowe określenie składu chemicznego brannerytu z Wołowej Góry oraz ustalenie wzoru empirycznego. Na podstawie badań w mikroobszarze określono również skład minerałów powstających podczas rozkładu brannerytu. W obrębie badanych faz stwierdzono występowanie metaautunitu oraz sabugalitu, który został po raz pierwszy opisany ze stanowiska Wołowa Góra.
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Brannerite is a rare mineral that can be regarded as one of the uranium ores. In Poland, its occurrence is confirmed only among the quartzose veins located on the slopes of Wołowa Góra, 3 km southwest of Kowary, in the Karkonosze range. Its presence was confirmed thanks to X-ray diffraction analyses. The purpose of this paper is estimation of the chemical composition of the brannerite. Using the EPMA (Electron Probe MicroAnalysis) technique also specifies the composition of minerals formed during the weathering of the brannerite have also been specified. Among its most common decomposition products, metaautunite and sabugalite were found, reported for the first time from Wołowa Góra.
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