Volume 21 of Reviews in Mineralogy treats a short course on the rare earth elements to about 80
participants in San Francisco California December 1-3 1989 just prior to the fall meeting
of the American Geophysical Union. Contents:Cosmochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements:
Condensation and Evaporation ProcessesRadiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of Rare Earth
ElementsPartitioning of Rare Earth Elements between Major Silicate Minerals and Basaltic
MeltsAn Approach to Trace Element Modeling Using a Simple Igneous System as an ExampleRare
Earth Elements in Upper Mantle RocksRare Earth Elements in Metamorphic RocksRare Earth Elements
in Sedimentary Rocks: Influence of Provenance and Sedimentary ProcessesAqueous Geochemistry of
Rare Earth ElementsRare Earth Elements in Lunar MaterialsCompositional and Phase Relations
among Rare Earth Element MineralsEconomic Geology of Rare Earth MineralsCathodoluminescence
Emission Spectra of Rare Earth Element Activators in Minerals
