Solubility of wodginite, titanowodginite, microlite, pyrochlore, columbite-(Mn) and tantalite-(Mn) in flux-rich haplogranitic melts between 700° and 850 °C and 200 MPa

Ore minerals of niobium and tantalum are typically associated with pegmatites and rare metal granites; these include columbite, tantalite, wodginite, titanowodginite, microlite and pyrochlore. Solubility and crystallization mechanisms for columbite-(Mn) and tantalite-(Mn) have been extensively studied in haplogranitic melts, with little research into other ore minerals. In this study the solubilities of wodginite, titanowodginite, microlite and...