REE geochemical indicatrices of Li-F granite liquid segregation

The results of 118 REE analyses of Li-F granites from South China and other countries indicate that there are three variation types of REE pattern curves with different evolution trends from early to late stages of Li-F granite complex or from lower to upper petrofacies of the Li-F granite body: (1) the decreasing, (2) the increasing, and (3) the saltatory variation types. The first variation type is called the positive evolution type, attributed to crystallization differentiation. The second is called the reversion evolution type, which represents liquid segregation dominated by vapor-liquid distillation. The third is called the saltatory variation type, which is formed from liquid segregation dominated by immiscibility. Therefore, the indicatrices of liquid segregation dominated by immiscibility are the saltatory variation type of REE pattern evolution and the separation of the main evolution trend lines either from the sub-evolution trend lines or from the composition points of Li-F granites in the diagrams of REE-(La/Yb) N and La/Sm-La. The indicatrices of liquid segregation dominated by vapor-liquid fractional distillation are the reverstion evolution type of REE pattern curves and the main evolution trend lines of Li-F granites directing to the upper right-hand on the REE-(La/Yb) N and La/Sm-La diagrams.