Carbonatites are intrusive carbonate-mineral-rich igneous rocks, many of which contain distinctive abundances of apatite, magnetite, barite, and fluorite, that may contain economic or anomalous concentrations of rare earth elements, phosphorus, niobium, uranium, thorium, copper, iron, titanium, barium, fluorine, zirconium, and other rare or incompatible elements.
Karbonatiti su intruzivne magmatske stijene bogate karbonatnim mineralima od kojih mnoge sadrže karakteristično obilje apatita, magnetita, barita i fluorita koji mogu sadržavati ekonomske ili anomalije koncentracija rijetkih elemenata Zemlje, fosfor, niobij, uran, torij, bakar, željezo, titan, barij, fluor, cirkonih i ostale rijetke ili nekompatibilne elemente.EurLex-2 EurLex-2