Acta Geologica Hungarica
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Volume 47: Issue 2-3
Rare earth elements and nickel in the Grebnik diasporic bauxite deposit, Metohija (Kosovo)
Authors:
Zoran Maksimovic Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade Knez Mihailova 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

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György Pantó Institute for Geochemical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary

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Pages:
259–268
Online Publication Date:
22 Jul 2005
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2004
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/ageol.47.2004.2-3.9
Keywords:
Diasporic bauxites; Diasporic bauxites; enrichment of REE and Ni
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The karstic bauxites of Mt. Grebnik, Kosovo, represent a unique deposit of the diasporic bauxites of Upper Cretaceous age in the former Yugoslavia. They are typically transitional between ferruginous bauxites and karstic Ni-Fe ores. Bauxites originated from surrounding Cretaceous weathering crusts on ultramafic rocks and on shale of the diabase-chert formation. Chemical and trace element analyses of the bauxite samples collected along a vertical profile of a typical deposit are presented and discussed. Trace element patterns, including REE and Ni, are typical for karstic bauxites formed in situ, during bauxitization of argillaceous material accumulated in a karstic depression. In connection with this, a progressive enrichment of the REE and Ni toward the bottom of the deposit is well pronounced, with formation of authigenic REE mineral, synchysite-(Nd), and Ni-bearing chlorite on the contact with the footwall limestone.

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