The significant increase in global consumption of rare earth elements (REEs) has attracted more attention to the separation of REEs from complex rare-earth systems. Bayan Obo ore is the world’s largest rare-earth deposit, where REEs are mainly transfered to RE-concentrate which contains various species of REEs (mainly includes lanthanide: Ce, La, Pr, and Nd). This study reported a new finding and technology for selective separation of different REEs from Bayan Obo RE-concentrate system. The basic data on phase transformation of different REEs in CaO-SiO2-CaF2-P2O5-Fe3O4-RE2O3 systems were reported, and firstly found that different REEs of Ce, La, Pr and Nd could be selectively enriched into cerium oxide, lanthanum ferrate, praseodymium apatite and neodymium apatite, respectively. A novel technology of separating RE-phases via super gravity was proposed, various high-purity RE-phases containing different REEs were separated and characterized, and the crystal information missing in the current database were supplemented.
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