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Mineral chemistry (EMPA) of monazites in metamorphic rocks from Edea region: implications of the monazite chemistry on the metamorphic evolution of the Nyong Complex

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The Edea region is situated in the Nyong Complex within the Northwestern edge of the Congo craton in Cameroon. The back scattered electron image and the mineral composition of monazite were determined using an electron microprobe analytical technique. The objective of this study was to constraint the geochemical and the textural composition on the behavior of metamorphic monazites on the EMP in issue to delineate the metamorphic evolution of the Nyong Complex. Metamorphic Th-rich monazite-(Ce) exhibiting a predominance of LREEs, with Ce as dominant REEs, were recorded in meta-igneous rocks and metasedimentary rocks. Irrespective of core and rim domains, monazite of sample ED4B and M4 have 85 to 98 mol% monazite content and characterized by low cheralite content (< 7 mol%). Monazite from sample ED3D yields huttonitic monazite (45–75 mol% monazite content) and monazite (75–98 mol%) fields; they are characterized by low cheralite (< 5 mol%), high monazite (75–98 mol%), relative high cheralite (6–12 mol%), and low monazite (65–80 mol%). Monazite compositions are linked by dominantly huttonitic and cheralite substitutions. The metamorphic evolution indicates that both meta-igneous rocks and metasedimentary rocks of the Nyong Complex are overprinted by two respective high-grade phases of metamorphism. The first phase of metamorphism in the meta-igneous rocks is underlined by globular monazite grains; the second phase is characterized by elongated and oriented monazite crystals following the mylonitic foliation S1. The first phase of metamorphism in metasedimentary rocks is marked by ovoid grains of monazite; the last phase is characterized by elongated and oriented monazites which mimic the S2 schistosity.

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    Ndema Mbongué Jean Lavenir, Sigué Cyrille & Nzenti Jean Paul

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Lavenir, N.M.J., Cyrille, S., Paul, N.J. et al. Mineral chemistry (EMPA) of monazites in metamorphic rocks from Edea region: implications of the monazite chemistry on the metamorphic evolution of the Nyong Complex. Arab J Geosci 15, 1665 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10924-7

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