Based on process mineralogy study, a processing technique consisting of atmosphere roasting and leaching with dilute sulfuric acid was proposed to separate a kind of mixed rare earth concentrate containing 48.23% REO. It is found that the phase composition of such concentrate is mainly composed of bastnaesite, monazite, apatite and fluorite, with rare earth elements primarily existing in bastnaesite and monazite. Under air/argon atmosphere roasting, phases of monazite, apatite and fluorite can remain stable, and phase transition is mainly attributed to bastnaesite reaction. In an air atmosphere, bastnaesite is transitioned in the following steps, CeFCO3→Ce7O12→Ce11O20→CeO2, while its transition steps in an argon atmosphere include CeFCO3→Ce7O12, Th0.5Ce0.5O1.84→CeOF. After roasting in an air atmosphere at 500 ℃ followed by leaching with dilute sulfuric acid, the leaching rates of F-REO and P-REO can reach 86.67% and 1.70%, respectively, while the process of roasting at 700 ℃ in an argon atmosphere can lead to the leaching rates of F-REO and P-REO at 75.97% and 13.33% respectively. And the leaching residues obtained from above-mentioned two different processes have F-REO and P-REO contents of 6.92%, 26.02% and 11.86%, 21.81% respectively, all dominated by monazite. It is concluded that this processing technique of atmosphere roasting followed by dilute sulfuric acid leaching can effectively achieve separation between bastnaesite and monazite.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |